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* [[Ali M. Ansari|Ali Ansari]]{{spaced ndash}} university professor at the [[University of St Andrews]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/people/aa51|website=www.st-andrews.ac.uk|title=Prof Ali Ansari - School of History}}</ref> |
* [[Ali M. Ansari|Ali Ansari]]{{spaced ndash}} university professor at the [[University of St Andrews]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/people/aa51|website=www.st-andrews.ac.uk|title=Prof Ali Ansari - School of History}}</ref> |
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* [[Khizar Humayun Ansari]] – academic who was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 2002 for his work in the field of race and ethnic relations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/islamukcentre/virtual-centre/public-lectures/2015-public-lectures/professor-humayun-ansari/|title=Professor Humayun Ansari|date=26 May 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Khizar Humayun Ansari]] – academic who was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 2002 for his work in the field of race and ethnic relations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/islamukcentre/virtual-centre/public-lectures/2015-public-lectures/professor-humayun-ansari/|title=Professor Humayun Ansari|date=26 May 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Sarah Ansari]] – professor of history at Royal Holloway, [[University of London]]<ref>[https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/sarah-ansari_53b8ae55-793f-41da-aa36-42a28ad05e9e.html Professor Sarah Ansari.] Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 30 May 2015.</ref><ref> |
* [[Sarah Ansari]] – professor of history at Royal Holloway, [[University of London]]<ref>[https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/sarah-ansari_53b8ae55-793f-41da-aa36-42a28ad05e9e.html Professor Sarah Ansari.] Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 30 May 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.leeds.ac.uk/subjectstocitizens/people/sarahansari.html |title=Dr. Sarah Ansari. From Subjects to Citizens. Retrieved 27 September 2017. |access-date=29 July 2018 |archive-date=26 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926093518/https://www.leeds.ac.uk/subjectstocitizens/people/sarahansari.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Akil N. Awan]] - British academic and the current RCUK Fellow at the Royal Holloway, University of London<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/akil-awan(9c23130b-e3e1-40df-bdc5-7bfa0dff2993).html | title=Dr Akil Awan - Research - Royal Holloway, University of London }}</ref> |
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* [[Tipu Aziz|Tipu Zahed Aziz]] {{spaced ndash}} professor of [[neurosurgery]] at the [[John Radcliffe Hospital]] in Oxford; lecturer at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] and [[Imperial College London]] medical school<ref name="oxfordprivatehealth">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordprivatehealth.co.uk/consultants/consultants.asp?consultantid=452|title=Prof. Tipu Aziz|access-date=1 July 2012|archive-date=22 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322032454/http://www.oxfordprivatehealth.co.uk/consultants/consultants.asp?consultantid=452|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Tipu Aziz|Tipu Zahed Aziz]] {{spaced ndash}} professor of [[neurosurgery]] at the [[John Radcliffe Hospital]] in Oxford; lecturer at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] and [[Imperial College London]] medical school<ref name="oxfordprivatehealth">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordprivatehealth.co.uk/consultants/consultants.asp?consultantid=452|title=Prof. Tipu Aziz|access-date=1 July 2012|archive-date=22 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322032454/http://www.oxfordprivatehealth.co.uk/consultants/consultants.asp?consultantid=452|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Reza Banakar]] – professor of socio-legal studies at the [[University of Westminster]], London |
* [[Reza Banakar]] – professor of socio-legal studies at the [[University of Westminster]], London |
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* [[Abbas Edalat]]{{spaced ndash}} university professor at Imperial College London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ae/|title=Abbas Edalat's Home Page|first=Marko|last=Krznaric|website=www.doc.ic.ac.uk}}</ref> |
* [[Abbas Edalat]]{{spaced ndash}} university professor at Imperial College London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ae/|title=Abbas Edalat's Home Page|first=Marko|last=Krznaric|website=www.doc.ic.ac.uk}}</ref> |
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* [[Mohammed Ghanbari]]{{spaced ndash}} professor at the [[University of Essex]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ghan/|title=Home Page for Mohammed Ghanbari|first=Mohammed|last=Ghanbari|website=privatewww.essex.ac.uk|access-date=24 July 2013|archive-date=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107171052/http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ghan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Mohammed Ghanbari]]{{spaced ndash}} professor at the [[University of Essex]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ghan/|title=Home Page for Mohammed Ghanbari|first=Mohammed|last=Ghanbari|website=privatewww.essex.ac.uk|access-date=24 July 2013|archive-date=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107171052/http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ghan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Joel Hayward]] – New Zealand-born British scholar |
* [[Joel Hayward]] – New Zealand-born British scholar of early Islamic history, especially the biography of [[Muhammad]] |
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* Delwar Hussain – writer, anthropologist and correspondent for ''[[The Guardian]]''. In 2013, his first book ''Boundaries Undermined: The Ruins of Progress on the Bangladesh-India Border'' was published.<ref name="spitalfieldslifehussain">{{cite news |url=http://www.spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/22/delwar-hussain-writer-anthropologist/|title=Delwar Hussain, Writer & Anthropologist|publisher=Spitalfields Life|date=22 July 2013|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> |
* Delwar Hussain – writer, anthropologist and correspondent for ''[[The Guardian]]''. In 2013, his first book ''Boundaries Undermined: The Ruins of Progress on the Bangladesh-India Border'' was published.<ref name="spitalfieldslifehussain">{{cite news |url=http://www.spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/22/delwar-hussain-writer-anthropologist/|title=Delwar Hussain, Writer & Anthropologist|publisher=Spitalfields Life|date=22 July 2013|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> |
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* [[Dilwar Hussain]] {{spaced ndash}} research fellow at [[The Islamic Foundation]] in Leicester; co-authored the 2004 book ''British Muslims Between Assimilation and Segregation''; is on the Home Office's committee tackling radicalisation and extremism<ref name="independenthussain">{{cite news |last=Hussain|first=Dilwar|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/dilwar-hussain-never-mind-what-we-are-against-what-are-we-for-308565.html|title=Dilwar Hussain: Never mind what we are against. What are we for?|location= London|newspaper=The Independent|date=28 August 2005|accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref> |
* [[Dilwar Hussain]] {{spaced ndash}} research fellow at [[The Islamic Foundation]] in Leicester; co-authored the 2004 book ''British Muslims Between Assimilation and Segregation''; is on the Home Office's committee tackling radicalisation and extremism<ref name="independenthussain">{{cite news |last=Hussain|first=Dilwar|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/dilwar-hussain-never-mind-what-we-are-against-what-are-we-for-308565.html|title=Dilwar Hussain: Never mind what we are against. What are we for?|location= London|newspaper=The Independent|date=28 August 2005|accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref> |
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* [[Saiful Islam (professor)|Saiful Islam]] – Professor of Materials Chemistry at the [[University of Bath]] and a recipient of the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit award.<ref name="royalsociety.org">{{cite news|url=http://royalsociety.org/news/2013/new-wolfson-research-merit-awards/|title=Royal Society announces new round of Wolfson Research Merit Awards|publisher=[[The Royal Society]]|date=26 April 2013|accessdate=7 March 2018}}</ref> |
* [[Saiful Islam (professor)|Saiful Islam]] – Professor of Materials Chemistry at the [[University of Bath]] and a recipient of the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit award.<ref name="royalsociety.org">{{cite news|url=http://royalsociety.org/news/2013/new-wolfson-research-merit-awards/|title=Royal Society announces new round of Wolfson Research Merit Awards|publisher=[[The Royal Society]]|date=26 April 2013|accessdate=7 March 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[Naila Kabeer]] – [[Socioeconomics|Social economist]], research fellow and writer. She works primarily on poverty, gender and social policy issues. Her research interests include gender, poverty, social exclusion, labour markets and livelihoods, social protection, focussed on South and South East Asia.<ref name="ids">{{cite web|url=http://www.ids.ac.uk/idsperson/naila-kabeer|title=Naila Kabeer|publisher=Institute of Development Studies|accessdate=1 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223043046/http://www.ids.ac.uk/idsperson/naila-kabeer|archive-date=23 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="lsesu-ucleconsconference">{{cite web|url=http://www.lsesu-ucleconsconference.com/blog/2013/11/3/ninth-confirmed-speaker|title=Ninth Confirmed Speaker: Naila Kabeer|publisher=LSESU-UCL Economics Conference 2013/14|date=4 November 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305225543/http://www.lsesu-ucleconsconference.com/blog/2013/11/3/ninth-confirmed-speaker |archive-date= 5 March 2014 }}</ref> |
* [[Naila Kabeer]] – [[Socioeconomics|Social economist]], research fellow and writer. She works primarily on poverty, gender and social policy issues. Her research interests include gender, poverty, social exclusion, labour markets and livelihoods, social protection, focussed on South and South East Asia.<ref name="ids">{{cite web|url=http://www.ids.ac.uk/idsperson/naila-kabeer|title=Naila Kabeer|publisher=Institute of Development Studies|accessdate=1 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223043046/http://www.ids.ac.uk/idsperson/naila-kabeer|archive-date=23 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="lsesu-ucleconsconference">{{cite web|url=http://www.lsesu-ucleconsconference.com/blog/2013/11/3/ninth-confirmed-speaker|title=Ninth Confirmed Speaker: Naila Kabeer|publisher=LSESU-UCL Economics Conference 2013/14|date=4 November 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305225543/http://www.lsesu-ucleconsconference.com/blog/2013/11/3/ninth-confirmed-speaker |archive-date= 5 March 2014 }}</ref> |
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* [[Amir Kassam]] – visiting professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at the [[University of Reading]]<ref name=eco>[http://ca.ecoport.org/bioamir.html?height=500&width=620 Amir Kassam OBE, FIBiol, CBiol, PhD, MS, BSc (Hons).] Ecoport Conservation Agriculture. Retrieved 4 July 2017.</ref> |
* [[Amir Kassam]] – visiting professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at the [[University of Reading]]<ref name=eco>[http://ca.ecoport.org/bioamir.html?height=500&width=620 Amir Kassam OBE, FIBiol, CBiol, PhD, MS, BSc (Hons).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302210449/http://ca.ecoport.org/bioamir.html?height=500&width=620 |date=2 March 2019 }} Ecoport Conservation Agriculture. Retrieved 4 July 2017.</ref> |
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* [[Syma Khalid]] - biophysicist who is a professor of Computational Biophysics in Chemistry at the [[University of Southampton]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Syma Khalid|url=https://www.biophysics.org/profiles/syma-khalid|access-date=2021-03-08|website=The Biophysical Society|language=en-US}}</ref> |
* [[Syma Khalid]] - biophysicist who is a professor of Computational Biophysics in Chemistry at the [[University of Southampton]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Syma Khalid|url=https://www.biophysics.org/profiles/syma-khalid|access-date=2021-03-08|website=The Biophysical Society|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* [[Mushtaq Khan (economist)|Mushtaq Khan]] – [[Heterodox economics|Heterodox economist]] and Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies. His work focuses on the economics of poor countries, including contributions to the field of [[institutional economics]] and South Asian development.<ref name="soas">{{cite web|url=http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31246.php|title=Professor Mushtaq Khan|publisher=University of London|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref> |
* [[Mushtaq Khan (economist)|Mushtaq Khan]] – [[Heterodox economics|Heterodox economist]] and Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies. His work focuses on the economics of poor countries, including contributions to the field of [[institutional economics]] and South Asian development.<ref name="soas">{{cite web|url=http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31246.php|title=Professor Mushtaq Khan|publisher=University of London|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref> |
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* [[Nazneen Rahman]] – [[geneticist]] who specialises in cancer and heads up the Cancer Genetics Clinical Unit at the Royal Marsden. Her research has seen success in identifying genes that cause cancer particularly in women and children.<ref name="royalmarsden">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/consultants-teams-wards/staff/consultants-r-z/pages/professor-nazneen-rahman.aspx|title=Professor Nazneen Rahman|publisher=The Royal Marsden|accessdate=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202001342/http://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/consultants-teams-wards/staff/consultants-r-z/pages/professor-nazneen-rahman.aspx|archive-date=2 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Nazneen Rahman]] – [[geneticist]] who specialises in cancer and heads up the Cancer Genetics Clinical Unit at the Royal Marsden. Her research has seen success in identifying genes that cause cancer particularly in women and children.<ref name="royalmarsden">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/consultants-teams-wards/staff/consultants-r-z/pages/professor-nazneen-rahman.aspx|title=Professor Nazneen Rahman|publisher=The Royal Marsden|accessdate=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202001342/http://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/consultants-teams-wards/staff/consultants-r-z/pages/professor-nazneen-rahman.aspx|archive-date=2 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Ziauddin Sardar]] – scholar, writer and cultural critic<ref name="Ahmad 2006 https://books.google.com/books?id=7U2mS6QHVkkC&pg=PA149 149">{{cite book | pages = [https://books.google.com/books?id=7U2mS6QHVkkC&pg=PA149 149] |last= Ahmad |first= R |title= Islam And Scientific Debate: Searching For Legitimacy | year = 2006 | publisher = Global Vision Publishing House |isbn = 978-81-8220-134-7 }}</ref> |
* [[Ziauddin Sardar]] – scholar, writer and cultural critic<ref name="Ahmad 2006 https://books.google.com/books?id=7U2mS6QHVkkC&pg=PA149 149">{{cite book | pages = [https://books.google.com/books?id=7U2mS6QHVkkC&pg=PA149 149] |last= Ahmad |first= R |title= Islam And Scientific Debate: Searching For Legitimacy | year = 2006 | publisher = Global Vision Publishing House |isbn = 978-81-8220-134-7 }}</ref> |
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* [[Ghulam Sarwar]] {{spaced ndash}} Director of the [[Muslim Educational Trust]];<ref name="Muslim Educational Trust">{{cite news|url=http://www.muslim-ed-trust.org.uk/contactus.php#1|title=Muslim Educational Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726205844/http://www.muslim-ed-trust.org.uk/contactus.php#1|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> writer on Islam in English, wrote the first English textbook, ''[[Islam: Beliefs and Teachings]]'', for madrasah students in Britain, which is used worldwide in [[religious education]] classes, especially in British schools<ref name=AWQAF>{{cite web|url=http://www.awqafsa.org.za/Library%20&%20Resources/Waqf%20Articles/Waqf%20Paper%20-%20Salma.doc|title=AWQAF.|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208091045/http://www.awqafsa.org.za/Library%20%26%20Resources/Waqf%20Articles/Waqf%20Paper%20-%20Salma.doc|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Ghulam Sarwar (writer)|Ghulam Sarwar]] {{spaced ndash}} Director of the [[Muslim Educational Trust]];<ref name="Muslim Educational Trust">{{cite news|url=http://www.muslim-ed-trust.org.uk/contactus.php#1|title=Muslim Educational Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726205844/http://www.muslim-ed-trust.org.uk/contactus.php#1|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> writer on Islam in English, wrote the first English textbook, ''[[Islam: Beliefs and Teachings]]'', for madrasah students in Britain, which is used worldwide in [[religious education]] classes, especially in British schools<ref name=AWQAF>{{cite web|url=http://www.awqafsa.org.za/Library%20&%20Resources/Waqf%20Articles/Waqf%20Paper%20-%20Salma.doc|title=AWQAF.|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208091045/http://www.awqafsa.org.za/Library%20%26%20Resources/Waqf%20Articles/Waqf%20Paper%20-%20Salma.doc|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Salman Sayyid]]{{spaced ndash}}Professor of Social Theory and Decolonial Thought at the [[University of Leeds]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sociology.leeds.ac.uk/people/staff/sayyid/|title=S. Sayyid » Sociology and Social Policy » University of Leeds|website=www.sociology.leeds.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> |
* [[Salman Sayyid]]{{spaced ndash}}Professor of Social Theory and Decolonial Thought at the [[University of Leeds]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sociology.leeds.ac.uk/people/staff/sayyid/|title=S. Sayyid » Sociology and Social Policy » University of Leeds|website=www.sociology.leeds.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> |
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* [[Ghayasuddin Siddiqui]] {{spaced ndash}} academic and political activist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23447906-we-dont-need-this-olympics-mosque.do |title=We don't need this Olympics mosque |author=Katharine Barney |publisher=This is London Magazine |accessdate=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302210956/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23447906-we-dont-need-this-olympics-mosque.do |archive-date=2 March 2011 }}</ref> |
* [[Ghayasuddin Siddiqui]] {{spaced ndash}} academic and political activist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23447906-we-dont-need-this-olympics-mosque.do |title=We don't need this Olympics mosque |author=Katharine Barney |publisher=This is London Magazine |accessdate=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302210956/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23447906-we-dont-need-this-olympics-mosque.do |archive-date=2 March 2011 }}</ref> |
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* [[Azim Surani]] – developmental biologist who has been Marshall–Walton Professor at the [[Wellcome Trust]]/[[Cancer Research UK]] [[Gurdon Institute]] at the University of Cambridge since 1992, and Director of Germline and Epigenomics Research since 2013.<ref name=scopus>{{Scopus id}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/surani|title=Azim Surani — The Gurdon Institute|website=Gurdon.cam.ac.uk|date=31 October 2013|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> |
* [[Azim Surani]] – developmental biologist who has been Marshall–Walton Professor at the [[Wellcome Trust]]/[[Cancer Research UK]] [[Gurdon Institute]] at the University of Cambridge since 1992, and Director of Germline and Epigenomics Research since 2013.<ref name=scopus>{{Scopus id}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/surani|title=Azim Surani — The Gurdon Institute|website=Gurdon.cam.ac.uk|date=31 October 2013|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> |
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* [[Saeed Vaseghi]]{{spaced ndash}} professor at Brunel University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dea.brunel.ac.uk/cmsp/Home_Saeed_Vaseghi/Home.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=7 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301225654/http://dea.brunel.ac.uk/cmsp/Home_Saeed_Vaseghi/Home.html |archive-date=1 March 2014 }}.</ref> |
* [[Saeed Vaseghi]]{{spaced ndash}} professor at Brunel University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dea.brunel.ac.uk/cmsp/Home_Saeed_Vaseghi/Home.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=7 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301225654/http://dea.brunel.ac.uk/cmsp/Home_Saeed_Vaseghi/Home.html |archive-date=1 March 2014 }}.</ref> |
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* ''Sheikh Jawad Hussain'' - Senior Lecturer (Law & Politics) Studied at Kingston University, Lawyer/ Freelance Journalist/ Author/ Storyteller. |
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==Business and finance== |
==Business and finance== |
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* [[Abdul Latif (restaurateur)|Abdul Latif]] |
* [[Abdul Latif (restaurateur)|Abdul Latif]]{{spaced ndash}}restaurateur known for his dish "Curry Hell". He died in 2008.<ref name="telegraphtasaruddin">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1576383/Abdul-Latif.html|title=Obituaries: Abdul Latif|location=London|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=24 January 2008|accessdate=8 March 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[Adam Kamani]] – CEO of Kamani Property Group and KM Capital as well as a co-founder of [[PrettyLittleThing]].<ref>{{cite news | last =Hill | first =Megan | title =Meet the Boohoo billionaires who turned a market stall into a $4.4 billion fashion empire | work =news.com.au| date =10 July 2017 | url =https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/meet-the-boohoo-billionaires-who-turned-a-market-stall-into-a-44-billion-fashion-empire/news-story/3c2b09be2deedcf0c62bea8402f52da5 | accessdate =25 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Partington | first =Samantha | title =Kamani fashions new Manchester resi trend | publisher =propertyweek.com| date =24 May 2018 | url =https://www.propertyweek.com/resi/kamani-fashions-new-manchester-resi-trend/5096746.article | accessdate =25 January 2019}}</ref> |
* [[Adam Kamani]] – CEO of Kamani Property Group and KM Capital as well as a co-founder of [[PrettyLittleThing]].<ref>{{cite news | last =Hill | first =Megan | title =Meet the Boohoo billionaires who turned a market stall into a $4.4 billion fashion empire | work =news.com.au| date =10 July 2017 | url =https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/meet-the-boohoo-billionaires-who-turned-a-market-stall-into-a-44-billion-fashion-empire/news-story/3c2b09be2deedcf0c62bea8402f52da5 | accessdate =25 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Partington | first =Samantha | title =Kamani fashions new Manchester resi trend | publisher =propertyweek.com| date =24 May 2018 | url =https://www.propertyweek.com/resi/kamani-fashions-new-manchester-resi-trend/5096746.article | accessdate =25 January 2019}}</ref> |
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* [[Afzal Kahn (automotive designer)|Afzal Kahn]] |
* [[Afzal Kahn (automotive designer)|Afzal Kahn]]{{spaced ndash}}Bradford-based entrepreneur; owns a specialist car design company; broke records in 2008 for paying £440,000 for a distinctive "F1" number plate;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/news/article3252162.ece |title=Record £440,000 paid for F1 number plate |author=Andrew Norfolk |date= 25 January 2008|publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> previously showed an interest in purchasing [[Newcastle F.C.|Newcastle football club]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/3725482/Newcastle-United-targeted-by-multi-millionaire-entrepreneur-Afzal-Kahn.html |title=Newcastle United targeted by multi-millionaire entrepreneur Afzal Kahn |author=Rob Stewart |date= 12 December 2008|publisher=Telegraph Media Group |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[Ali Parsa]] |
* [[Ali Parsa]]{{spaced ndash}}former chief executive officer of private healthcare partnership Circle<ref>{{cite news|title=Ali Parsa|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/9450088/Ali-Parsa-Government-should-not-be-running-hospitals.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Andrew|last=Cave|date=4 August 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[Alireza Sagharchi]]{{spaced ndash}} |
* [[Alireza Sagharchi]]{{spaced ndash}}principal at Stanhope Gate Architecture<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stanhopegatearchitecture.com/team/alireza-sagharchi/|title=Alireza Sagharchi, RIBA, FRSA}}</ref> |
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* [[Amar Latif]] |
* [[Amar Latif]] – [[Scotland|Scottish]] entrepreneur, television personality and professional traveller<ref name=yorkshire>{{cite magazine|url=https://issuu.com/welcometoyorkshire/docs/this_is_y_2020_web|magazine=This is Y|title=Sense-Sational|first=Amar|last=Latif|page=32|publisher=[[Welcome to Yorkshire]]|date=17 January 2020|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> |
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* [[Aneel Mussarat]] – property millionaire; his company, MCR Property Group, rents apartments to university students in Manchester and Liverpool<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/3484579/First-British-Asian-billionaires-defy-the-downturn.html |title=First British Asian billionaires defy the downturn |author= Jon Swaine |date= 19 November 2008|publisher=Telegraph Media Group |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
* [[Aneel Mussarat]] – property millionaire; his company, MCR Property Group, rents apartments to university students in Manchester and Liverpool<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/3484579/First-British-Asian-billionaires-defy-the-downturn.html |title=First British Asian billionaires defy the downturn |author= Jon Swaine |date= 19 November 2008|publisher=Telegraph Media Group |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* Sir [[Anwar Pervez]] – Pakistan-born billionaire businessman; 6th richest Asian in Great Britain and the richest Muslim; founder of the [[Bestway]] Group<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jun/17/religion.immigrationpolicy |title=The winners |author=Paul Kelso |date= 17 June 2002|work= The Guardian |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
* Sir [[Anwar Pervez]] – Pakistan-born billionaire businessman; 6th richest Asian in Great Britain and the richest Muslim; founder of the [[Bestway]] Group<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jun/17/religion.immigrationpolicy |title=The winners |author=Paul Kelso |date= 17 June 2002|work= The Guardian |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[Asif Aziz]] – [[London]]-based billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.piccadillycircusapartments.com/asif-aziz|title=Asif Aziz Founder & CEO Piccadilly Circus Apartments|publisher=Piccadilly Circus Apartments|date=|accessdate=8 October 2020}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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* [[Asim Siddiqui]] – chairman and a founding trustee of [[The City Circle]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/asimsiddiqui|title=Asim Siddiqui|website=The Guardian}}</ref> |
* [[Asim Siddiqui]] – chairman and a founding trustee of [[The City Circle]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/asimsiddiqui|title=Asim Siddiqui|website=The Guardian}}</ref> |
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* [[Atique Choudhury]] – restaurateur;<ref>{{cite news |last=Seal|first=Martyn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/may/05/features.jobsmoney2|title=How an Indian collared the Thai business|location= London|work=The Guardian|date=5 May 2001|accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref> his restaurant Yum Yum won Best Thai Restaurant in London at the 2012 Asian Curry Awards<ref name="asiancurryawards">{{cite web|url=http://www.asiancurryawards.com/9_November_Asian_Curry_Awards_press_launch_release_FINAL.pdf |title=Restaurateur |publisher=Asian Curry Awards |date=9 November 2012 |accessdate=1 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207012639/http://www.asiancurryawards.com/9_November_Asian_Curry_Awards_press_launch_release_FINAL.pdf |archive-date= 7 December 2012 }}</ref> |
* [[Atique Choudhury]] – restaurateur;<ref>{{cite news |last=Seal|first=Martyn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/may/05/features.jobsmoney2|title=How an Indian collared the Thai business|location= London|work=The Guardian|date=5 May 2001|accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref> his restaurant Yum Yum won Best Thai Restaurant in London at the 2012 Asian Curry Awards<ref name="asiancurryawards">{{cite web|url=http://www.asiancurryawards.com/9_November_Asian_Curry_Awards_press_launch_release_FINAL.pdf |title=Restaurateur |publisher=Asian Curry Awards |date=9 November 2012 |accessdate=1 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207012639/http://www.asiancurryawards.com/9_November_Asian_Curry_Awards_press_launch_release_FINAL.pdf |archive-date= 7 December 2012 }}</ref> |
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* [[Enam Ali]] MBE – restaurateur; founder of the British Curry Awards and ''Spice Business Magazine''<ref name="menmediaali">{{cite news|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/business/s/1088242|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420170226/http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/business/s/1088242|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2013|title=Curry industry supremo is awarded MBE|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|date=2 January 2009|accessdate=11 April 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Enam Ali]] MBE – restaurateur; founder of the British Curry Awards and ''Spice Business Magazine''<ref name="menmediaali">{{cite news|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/business/s/1088242|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420170226/http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/business/s/1088242|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2013|title=Curry industry supremo is awarded MBE|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|date=2 January 2009|accessdate=11 April 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Farad Azima]]{{spaced ndash}} industrialist, inventor and philanthropist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netscientific.net/fabio.html |title=Farad Azima |accessdate=17 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617005832/http://www.netscientific.net/fabio.html |archive-date=17 June 2011 }}.</ref> |
* [[Farad Azima]]{{spaced ndash}} industrialist, inventor and philanthropist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netscientific.net/fabio.html |title=Farad Azima |accessdate=17 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617005832/http://www.netscientific.net/fabio.html |archive-date=17 June 2011 }}.</ref> |
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* Farhad Moshiri{{spaced ndash}} |
* Farhad Moshiri{{spaced ndash}}energy investor; part owner of [[Arsenal F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metinvest.com/eng/metalloinvest/rykovodstvo/Board_of_directors/Moshiri_F/ |title=Farhad Moshiri | Metalloinvest |accessdate=28 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131150526/http://www.metinvest.com/eng/metalloinvest/rykovodstvo/Board_of_directors/Moshiri_F/ |archive-date=31 January 2010 }}.</ref> |
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* [[Farshid Moussavi]]{{spaced ndash}} |
* [[Farshid Moussavi]]{{spaced ndash}}founder of [[Foreign Office Architects]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f-o-a.net/#/about/partners |title=Foreign Office Architects |accessdate=29 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413012120/http://www.f-o-a.net/#/about/partners |archive-date=13 April 2011 }}.</ref> |
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* [[Firoz Kassam]] – owned [[Oxford United F.C.]] from 1999 to 2006,<ref name=merrytakeover>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/4832100.stm| title=Merry completes Oxford takeover | work=[[BBC Sport]]| accessdate=31 January 2009 | date=22 March 2006}}</ref> and was named the 309th wealthiest person in the UK in the ''[[Sunday Times Rich List 2009]]'' with an estimated fortune of £180 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/|title=The Times & The Sunday Times|accessdate=3 July 2018}}</ref> |
* [[Firoz Kassam]] – owned [[Oxford United F.C.]] from 1999 to 2006,<ref name=merrytakeover>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/4832100.stm| title=Merry completes Oxford takeover | work=[[BBC Sport]]| accessdate=31 January 2009 | date=22 March 2006}}</ref> and was named the 309th wealthiest person in the UK in the ''[[Sunday Times Rich List 2009]]'' with an estimated fortune of £180 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/|title=The Times & The Sunday Times|accessdate=3 July 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[Gulam Noon, Baron Noon]] – founder of Noon products, manufacturing chilled and frozen ready meals<ref name="James Caan, Sir Gulam Noon MBE and West Ham United celebrate Business School graduates success">{{Cite web|url=https://www.uel.ac.uk/news|title=News - University of East London (UEL)|website=www.uel.ac.uk}}</ref> |
* [[Gulam Noon, Baron Noon]] – founder of Noon products, manufacturing chilled and frozen ready meals<ref name="James Caan, Sir Gulam Noon MBE and West Ham United celebrate Business School graduates success">{{Cite web|url=https://www.uel.ac.uk/news|title=News - University of East London (UEL)|website=www.uel.ac.uk}}</ref> |
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* [[Iqbal Ahmed]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] – entrepreneur, chairman and chief executive of Seamark Group'; made his fortune in shrimp; the highest British Bangladeshi to feature on the [[Sunday Times Rich List]] (placed at number 511 in 2006)<ref name="timesonlineahmed">{{cite news |last= Bremner|first= Charles|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,43509,00.html|title=The Ahmed Family|location= London|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=2 January 2009|accessdate=4 April 2009}}</ref> |
* [[Iqbal Ahmed]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] – entrepreneur, chairman and chief executive of Seamark Group'; made his fortune in shrimp; the highest British Bangladeshi to feature on the [[Sunday Times Rich List]] (placed at number 511 in 2006)<ref name="timesonlineahmed">{{cite news |last= Bremner|first= Charles|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,43509,00.html|title=The Ahmed Family|location= London|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=2 January 2009|accessdate=4 April 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[Iqbal Wahhab]] OBE – entrepreneur, restaurateur, journalist, publisher; founder of ''Tandoori Magazine'' and multi-award-winning restaurant Cinnamon Club<ref name="startups">{{cite news|url=http://www.startups.co.uk/iqbal-wahhab_1.html|title=Iqbal Wahhab: The restaurateur reveals all about his investment woes, blowing budgets and winning landlords over|publisher=startups.co.uk|date=23 July 2008|accessdate=25 May 2010|archive-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719104447/http://www.startups.co.uk/iqbal-wahhab_1.html|url-status=dead}} Taken from the book ''Starting Your Own Restaurant'' (Crimson Publishing)</ref> |
* [[Iqbal Wahhab]] OBE – entrepreneur, restaurateur, journalist, publisher; founder of ''Tandoori Magazine'' and multi-award-winning restaurant Cinnamon Club<ref name="startups">{{cite news|url=http://www.startups.co.uk/iqbal-wahhab_1.html|title=Iqbal Wahhab: The restaurateur reveals all about his investment woes, blowing budgets and winning landlords over|publisher=startups.co.uk|date=23 July 2008|accessdate=25 May 2010|archive-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719104447/http://www.startups.co.uk/iqbal-wahhab_1.html|url-status=dead}} Taken from the book ''Starting Your Own Restaurant'' (Crimson Publishing)</ref> |
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* James Caan – businessman and entrepreneur; formerly a part of ''Dragons' Den''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12137331 |title=James Caan to leave Dragons' Den |author=BBC News |date= 7 January 2011|publisher=BBC|accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref> |
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* Javed Ahmed – chief executive of [[Tate & Lyle]] plc,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article6322527.ece | location=London |work= [[The Times]]| first=Catherine | last=Boyle | title=Business big shot Javed Ahmed | date=20 May 2009}}</ref> – a FTSE 250 company which is one of Britain's oldest brands;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5388020.stm |title=Sweet success for oldest brand |work=BBC News|accessdate=15 July 2011 |date=28 September 2006}}</ref> |
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* [[Kaveh Alamouti]] {{spaced ndash}} head of Global Macro [[Citadel LLC]]; chief executive officer of Citadel Asset Management Europe<ref>http://www.citadelgroup.com/asset-management/managers.php#/global-macro {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024025920/http://www.citadelgroup.com/asset-management/managers.php|date=24 October 2013}}.</ref> |
* [[Kaveh Alamouti]] {{spaced ndash}} head of Global Macro [[Citadel LLC]]; chief executive officer of Citadel Asset Management Europe<ref>http://www.citadelgroup.com/asset-management/managers.php#/global-macro {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024025920/http://www.citadelgroup.com/asset-management/managers.php|date=24 October 2013}}.</ref> |
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* [[Mahmud Kamani]] – billionaire businessman, the co-founder of and joint CEO of [[Boohoo.com]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/boohoo-founder-recognised-english-asian-6115081|title=Boohoo founder recognised at national awards|last=Begum|first=Shelina|date=1 October 2013|work=men|access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref> |
* [[Mahmud Kamani]] – billionaire businessman, the co-founder of and joint CEO of [[Boohoo.com]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/boohoo-founder-recognised-english-asian-6115081|title=Boohoo founder recognised at national awards|last=Begum|first=Shelina|date=1 October 2013|work=men|access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[Mahmoud Khayami]], [[Order of St. Sylvester|KSS]]{{spaced ndash}} |
* [[Mahmoud Khayami]], [[Order of St. Sylvester|KSS]]{{spaced ndash}}industrialist; founder of [[Iran Khodro]]<ref>http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/article3796990.ece</ref> |
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* [[Mo Chaudry]] – born in Pakistan, he was raised in England and went on to become a millionaire businessman in the West Midlands |
* [[Mo Chaudry]] – born in Pakistan, he was raised in England and went on to become a millionaire businessman in the West Midlands |
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* [[Tommy Miah|Mohammad Ajman 'Tommy Miah']] – internationally renowned celebrity chef, award-winning restaurateur,<ref name="britbanglatommy">{{cite news |url=http://www.britbangla.net/successprofiles.html#tommy|title=Tommy Miah|work=British Bengali Success Stories|publisher=BritBangla|year=2003|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="independentmiah">{{cite news |last=Alibhai-Brown|first=Yasmin|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comment-cool-britannia-ii--the-bangladeshis-are-coming-1104371.html|title=Comment: Cool Britannia II — the Bangladeshis are coming|location=London|newspaper=The Independent|date=5 July 1999|accessdate=27 August 2008}}</ref> founder and promoter of the Indian Chef of the Year Competition<ref name="indianchefoftheyear">{{cite news |url=http://www.indianchefoftheyear.com/|title=The Indian Chef of the Year|accessdate=24 May 2009}}</ref> |
* [[Tommy Miah|Mohammad Ajman 'Tommy Miah']] – internationally renowned celebrity chef, award-winning restaurateur,<ref name="britbanglatommy">{{cite news |url=http://www.britbangla.net/successprofiles.html#tommy|title=Tommy Miah|work=British Bengali Success Stories|publisher=BritBangla|year=2003|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="independentmiah">{{cite news |last=Alibhai-Brown|first=Yasmin|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comment-cool-britannia-ii--the-bangladeshis-are-coming-1104371.html|title=Comment: Cool Britannia II — the Bangladeshis are coming|location=London|newspaper=The Independent|date=5 July 1999|accessdate=27 August 2008}}</ref> founder and promoter of the Indian Chef of the Year Competition<ref name="indianchefoftheyear">{{cite news |url=http://www.indianchefoftheyear.com/|title=The Indian Chef of the Year|accessdate=24 May 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[Mohammad Zahoor]] – [[Ukraine]]-based [[British Pakistanis|British-Pakistani]] billionaire businessman and philanthropist.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/oligarch-zahoor-wants-wife-kamaliya-to-be-ukrainian-lady-gaga-a-916376.html | title=Oligarch Zahoor Wants Wife Kamaliya to be Ukrainian Lady Gaga | newspaper=Der Spiegel | date=16 August 2013 | last1=Oehmke | first1=Philipp }}</ref> |
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* [[Mohsin Issa]] – billionaire, businessman and founder of Euro Garages, a chain of petrol filling stations that operate in the United Kingdom and Europe.<ref name="About Us">{{Cite news|url=http://www.eurogarages.com/about-us/|title=About Us|date=22 August 2017|work=EG Group|access-date=2 March 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> |
* [[Mohsin Issa]] – billionaire, businessman and founder of Euro Garages, a chain of petrol filling stations that operate in the United Kingdom and Europe.<ref name="About Us">{{Cite news|url=http://www.eurogarages.com/about-us/|title=About Us|date=22 August 2017|work=EG Group|access-date=2 March 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* [[Moorad Choudhry]] – managing director, Head of Business Treasury, Global Banking & Markets at [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] plc<ref name="businessbecause">{{cite news |last=Ahmed|first=Maria|url=http://www.businessbecause.com/news/mba-alumni/1899/rbs-investment-banker-advice-24-years-city|title=Investment Banker's Advice After 24 Years in the City!|publisher=BusinessBecause|date=10 January 2013|accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref> |
* [[Moorad Choudhry]] – managing director, Head of Business Treasury, Global Banking & Markets at [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] plc<ref name="businessbecause">{{cite news |last=Ahmed|first=Maria|url=http://www.businessbecause.com/news/mba-alumni/1899/rbs-investment-banker-advice-24-years-city|title=Investment Banker's Advice After 24 Years in the City!|publisher=BusinessBecause|date=10 January 2013|accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref> |
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* [[Muquim Ahmed]] – entrepreneur; became the first Bangladeshi millionaire at the age of 26,<ref name="business.timesonline">{{cite news |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/article3815007.ece|title=Muquim Ahmed|location= London|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=27 April 2008|accessdate=24 May 2009}}</ref> due to diversification in banking, travel, a chain of restaurants with the Cafe Naz group, publishing and property development<ref name="resthofahmed">{{cite news|url=http://www.resthof.co.uk/muqimahmed.htm|title=Muquim Ahmed|publisher=Restaurant Hall of Fame|accessdate=1 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123053424/http://www.resthof.co.uk/muqimahmed.htm|archive-date=23 November 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Muquim Ahmed]] – entrepreneur; became the first Bangladeshi millionaire at the age of 26,<ref name="business.timesonline">{{cite news |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/article3815007.ece|title=Muquim Ahmed|location= London|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=27 April 2008|accessdate=24 May 2009}}</ref> due to diversification in banking, travel, a chain of restaurants with the Cafe Naz group, publishing and property development<ref name="resthofahmed">{{cite news|url=http://www.resthof.co.uk/muqimahmed.htm|title=Muquim Ahmed|publisher=Restaurant Hall of Fame|accessdate=1 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123053424/http://www.resthof.co.uk/muqimahmed.htm|archive-date=23 November 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Mustafa Suleyman]] – entrepreneur, activist and, most notably, the co-founder and Head of Applied AI at [[DeepMind]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/innovators-under-35/2018/humanitarian/mustafa-suleyman/|title=Mustafa Suleyman is working to alleviate human suffering through AI.|website=MIT Technology Review|language=en|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref> an artificial intelligence company acquired by [[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/01/26/google-deepmind/|title=Google Acquires Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind For More Than $500M|website=TechCrunch|date=27 January 2014 |
* [[Mustafa Suleyman]] – entrepreneur, activist and, most notably, the co-founder and Head of Applied AI at [[DeepMind]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/innovators-under-35/2018/humanitarian/mustafa-suleyman/|title=Mustafa Suleyman is working to alleviate human suffering through AI.|website=MIT Technology Review|language=en|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref> an artificial intelligence company acquired by [[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/01/26/google-deepmind/|title=Google Acquires Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind For More Than $500M|website=TechCrunch|date=27 January 2014|language=en-US|access-date=1 March 2019}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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*[[Naguib Kheraj]] – vice-chairman of Barclays Bank;<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/kheraj-bids-to-take-over-at-barclays-7944160.html| location=London | work=The Independent| first= Mark| last= Leftly| title=Kheraj bids to take over at Barclays | date=15 July 2012}}</ref> former boss of JP Morgan Cazenove<ref>{{cite web| url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1429644&ticker=BARC:LN&previousCapId=323899&previousTitle=BARCLAYS%20PLC-SPONS%20ADR| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927102932/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1429644&ticker=BARC:LN&previousCapId=323899&previousTitle=BARCLAYS%20PLC-SPONS%20ADR| url-status=dead| archive-date=27 September 2013| location=London | work= [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]| title=Barclays plc (BARC:London)| date=15 July 2012}}</ref> Chairman of the [[Aga Khan Foundation]] based in Karachi |
*[[Naguib Kheraj]] – vice-chairman of Barclays Bank;<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/kheraj-bids-to-take-over-at-barclays-7944160.html| location=London | work=The Independent| first= Mark| last= Leftly| title=Kheraj bids to take over at Barclays | date=15 July 2012}}</ref> former boss of JP Morgan Cazenove<ref>{{cite web| url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1429644&ticker=BARC:LN&previousCapId=323899&previousTitle=BARCLAYS%20PLC-SPONS%20ADR| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927102932/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1429644&ticker=BARC:LN&previousCapId=323899&previousTitle=BARCLAYS%20PLC-SPONS%20ADR| url-status=dead| archive-date=27 September 2013| location=London | work= [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]| title=Barclays plc (BARC:London)| date=15 July 2012}}</ref> Chairman of the [[Aga Khan Foundation]] based in Karachi |
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* [[Nasser Golzari]]{{spaced ndash}} |
* [[Nasser Golzari]]{{spaced ndash}}principal at Golzari (NG) Architects<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ngarchitects.co.uk/index.php |title=Ngarchitects |accessdate=29 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115923/http://www.ngarchitects.co.uk/index.php |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}.</ref> |
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* [[Leepu Nizamuddin Awlia]] – car engineer and coachbuilder who converts rusty old cars into imitation supercars in a workshop on Discovery Channel reality television programme ''[[Bangla Bangers]]/Chop Shop: London Garage''<ref name="discoverychannel">{{cite news|url=http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/chopshop/_home/index.shtml|title=Chop Shop: London Garage|work=[[Discovery Channel]]|accessdate=1 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208075824/http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/chopshop/_home/index.shtml|archive-date=8 December 2009}}</ref> |
* [[Leepu Nizamuddin Awlia]] – car engineer and coachbuilder who converts rusty old cars into imitation supercars in a workshop on Discovery Channel reality television programme ''[[Bangla Bangers]]/Chop Shop: London Garage''<ref name="discoverychannel">{{cite news|url=http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/chopshop/_home/index.shtml|title=Chop Shop: London Garage|work=[[Discovery Channel]]|accessdate=1 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208075824/http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/chopshop/_home/index.shtml|archive-date=8 December 2009}}</ref> |
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*[https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/dubai-s-onegram-launches-sharia-compliant-digital-currency-1.771610 Mohammed Ibrahim Khan] |
*[https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/dubai-s-onegram-launches-sharia-compliant-digital-currency-1.771610 Mohammed Ibrahim Khan] – Serial Entrepreneur and a Fintech evangelist |
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* [[Ragib Ali]] – industrialist, pioneer tea-planter, educationalist, philanthropist, and banker<ref name="ragibali">{{cite news|url=http://www.ragibali.com|title=Ragib Ali|accessdate=22 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805090001/http://www.ragibali.com/|archive-date=5 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Ragib Ali]] – industrialist, pioneer tea-planter, educationalist, philanthropist, and banker<ref name="ragibali">{{cite news|url=http://www.ragibali.com|title=Ragib Ali|accessdate=22 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805090001/http://www.ragibali.com/|archive-date=5 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Ruzwana Bashir]] |
* [[Ruzwana Bashir]]{{spaced ndash}}British businesswoman, founder and CEO of Peek.com, travel company based in San Francisco, California<ref name="USA Today">{{cite news|last=Graham|first=Jefferson|title=Start-up travel site offers a Peek at hidden gems|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/talkingtech/2012/12/20/peek-offers-travel-advice-and-tips/1782251/|accessdate=24 January 2013|newspaper=USA Today|date=20 December 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[Shelim Hussain]] MBE |
* [[Shelim Hussain]] MBE{{spaced ndash}}entrepreneur, founder and managing director of Euro Foods (UK) Limited<ref name="redhotcurry">{{cite news|url=http://www.redhotcurry.com/food_and_drink/other/shelim_hussain.htm|title=Food Entrepreneur Wins AOC Gold Award|date=5 June 2005|accessdate=6 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207172850/http://www.redhotcurry.com/food_and_drink/other/shelim_hussain.htm|archive-date=7 February 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[Siraj Ali]] |
* [[Siraj Ali]]{{spaced ndash}}restaurateur and philanthropist;<ref name="echo">{{cite news |last=McNally|first=Alex|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/4315631.Restaurant_boss_Siraj_praised_for_community_dedication/|title=Restaurant boss Siraj praised for community dedication|location=Essex|publisher=Echo|date=25 April 2009|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref> recipient of the 2011 British Bangladeshi Who's Who "Outstanding Contribution" Award<ref name="menmedia">{{cite news|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/s/1462249_bangladeshi-restaurant-entrepreneur-honoured|title=Bangladeshi restaurant entrepreneur honoured|location=Manchester|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|date=19 October 2011|accessdate=1 July 2013|archive-date=25 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025052340/http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/s/1462249_bangladeshi-restaurant-entrepreneur-honoured|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Sultan Choudhury]] |
* [[Sultan Choudhury]]{{spaced ndash}}businessman; managing director of the Islamic Bank of Britain<ref name="newhorizon">{{cite news|url=http://www.newhorizon-islamicbanking.com/index.cfm?section=features&action=view&id=11412|title=An Interview with Sultan Choudhury, Islamic Bank of Britain|work=New Horizon|date=19 May 2012|accessdate=1 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104092911/http://www.newhorizon-islamicbanking.com/index.cfm?section=features&action=view&id=11412|archive-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> |
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* [[Syed Ahmed (businessman)|Syed Ahmed]] {{spaced ndash}} entrepreneur, businessman, and television personality; candidate on BBC reality television programme ''[[The Apprentice (UK)|The Apprentice]]'' [[The Apprentice (UK series two)|series two]] in 2006<ref name="newagebdahmed">{{cite news|url=http://www.newagebd.com/2008/oct/10/oct10/xtra_inner4.html |title=British Bangladeshis who have made a mark |publisher=New Age Xtra |date=10–16 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030124247/http://www.newagebd.com/2008/oct/10/oct10/xtra_inner4.html |archive-date=30 October 2008 }}</ref> |
* [[Syed Ahmed (businessman)|Syed Ahmed]] {{spaced ndash}} entrepreneur, businessman, and television personality; candidate on BBC reality television programme ''[[The Apprentice (UK)|The Apprentice]]'' [[The Apprentice (UK series two)|series two]] in 2006<ref name="newagebdahmed">{{cite news|url=http://www.newagebd.com/2008/oct/10/oct10/xtra_inner4.html |title=British Bangladeshis who have made a mark |publisher=New Age Xtra |date=10–16 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030124247/http://www.newagebd.com/2008/oct/10/oct10/xtra_inner4.html |archive-date=30 October 2008 }}</ref> |
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* [[Tahir Mohsan]] |
* [[Tahir Mohsan]]{{spaced ndash}}founder of Time Computers, Supanet, Tpad; manages several investment companies from his base in Dubai<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/dec/02/news.business|title=The tycoon who fell to earth|first=Andy|last=Beckett|date=1 December 2005|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> |
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* [[Tarak Ramzan]] – founder and CEO of the [[Quiz (clothing)|Quiz]] womenswear retail chain.<ref name="drapersonline1">{{cite web|url=https://www.drapersonline.com/companies/the-drapers-interview-quiz-from-glasgows-southside-to-the-world|publisher=drapersonline.com|title=The Drapers Interview: Quiz – from Glasgow's Southside to the world | The Drapers Interview | Drapers|date=25 January 2017|accessdate=30 July 2017}}</ref> |
* [[Tarak Ramzan]] – founder and CEO of the [[Quiz (clothing)|Quiz]] womenswear retail chain.<ref name="drapersonline1">{{cite web|url=https://www.drapersonline.com/companies/the-drapers-interview-quiz-from-glasgows-southside-to-the-world|publisher=drapersonline.com|title=The Drapers Interview: Quiz – from Glasgow's Southside to the world | The Drapers Interview | Drapers|date=25 January 2017|accessdate=30 July 2017}}</ref> |
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* [[Wali Tasar Uddin]] MBE |
* [[Wali Tasar Uddin]] MBE{{spaced ndash}}entrepreneur, restaurateur, community leader, and chairman of the Bangladesh-British Chamber of Commerce<ref name="britbanglawali">{{cite news |url=http://www.britbangla.net/honorary.html#wali|title=British Bengali Success Stories|work=Dr Wali Tasar Uddin, MBE|publisher=BritBangla|accessdate=13 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="bbwhoswhowaliuddin">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/Profile/Uddin%20MBE,%20Dr%20Wali%20Tasar.pdf|title=Dr Wali Tasar Uddin, MBE, JP|publisher=British Bangladeshi Who's Who|date=October 2008|accessdate=13 December 2008|archive-date=5 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905043429/http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/Profile/Uddin%20MBE,%20Dr%20Wali%20Tasar.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan]] OBE |
* [[Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan]] OBE{{spaced ndash}}managing director and Country Head of BOC Bangladesh Limited, one of the first British companies to invest in Bangladesh in the 1950s to produce and supply industrial and medical gases<ref name="fco">{{cite news |url=http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1166536150628|title=British Honorary Awards Recipients – Civil Division|year=2007|accessdate=17 October 2007}}</ref> |
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* Zameer Choudrey {{spaced ndash}} billionaire, Chief Executive of [[Bestway]] Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=12313998&privcapId=28943229|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130805143835/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=12313998&privcapId=28943229|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2013|title=Zameer Mohammed Choudrey CBE, FCA: Executive Profile & Biography – Bloomberg|website=investing.businessweek.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Zuber Issa]] – billionaire, businessman and founder of Euro Garages, a chain of petrol filling stations that operate in the United Kingdom and Europe.<ref name="About Us"/> |
* [[Zuber Issa]] – billionaire, businessman and founder of Euro Garages, a chain of petrol filling stations that operate in the United Kingdom and Europe.<ref name="About Us"/> |
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* [[Afshan Azad]] {{spaced ndash}} actress best known for playing the role of Padma Patil in the ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' film series<ref name="bbcazad">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4440000/newsid_4447400/4447406.stm|title=NR chats to GOF's Patil twins|work=[[BBC News]]|date=17 November 2005|accessdate=11 June 2007}}</ref> |
* [[Afshan Azad]] {{spaced ndash}} actress best known for playing the role of Padma Patil in the ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' film series<ref name="bbcazad">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4440000/newsid_4447400/4447406.stm|title=NR chats to GOF's Patil twins|work=[[BBC News]]|date=17 November 2005|accessdate=11 June 2007}}</ref> |
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* [[Ahmad Hussain]] {{spaced ndash}} singer-songwriter, executive, Record producer and founder and managing director of IQRA Promotions<ref name="burngreavemessenger">{{cite news|last=Khan|first=Aaliyah|url=http://www.burngreavemessenger.org/archives/august-2014-issue-113/inspirational-nasheed-singer-launches-new-albu/|title=Inspirational Nasheed singer launches new album|edition=113|location=Sheffield|work=[[Burngreave Messenger]]|date=August 2014|accessdate=4 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104042011/http://www.burngreavemessenger.org/archives/august-2014-issue-113/inspirational-nasheed-singer-launches-new-albu/|archive-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> |
* [[Ahmad Hussain]] {{spaced ndash}} singer-songwriter, executive, Record producer and founder and managing director of IQRA Promotions<ref name="burngreavemessenger">{{cite news|last=Khan|first=Aaliyah|url=http://www.burngreavemessenger.org/archives/august-2014-issue-113/inspirational-nasheed-singer-launches-new-albu/|title=Inspirational Nasheed singer launches new album|edition=113|location=Sheffield|work=[[Burngreave Messenger]]|date=August 2014|accessdate=4 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104042011/http://www.burngreavemessenger.org/archives/august-2014-issue-113/inspirational-nasheed-singer-launches-new-albu/|archive-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> |
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* Ahsan Khan {{spaced ndash}} film and television actor, host and performer<ref name="urduwire">{{cite web |url=http://www.urduwire.com/people/ahsan-khan_456.aspx |title=Ahsan Khan Actor British Born Pakistani |publisher=Urduwire.com |accessdate=11 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705201509/http://www.urduwire.com/people/Ahsan-Khan_456.aspx |archive-date=5 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Ahmed Salim]] {{spaced ndash}} award-winning British producer, known for 1001 Inventions<ref>{{cite web|title=1001 Inventions – Our People|url=http://www.1001inventions.com/credits|website=1001 Inventions}}</ref> |
* [[Ahmed Salim]] {{spaced ndash}} award-winning British producer, known for 1001 Inventions<ref>{{cite web|title=1001 Inventions – Our People|url=http://www.1001inventions.com/credits|website=1001 Inventions}}</ref> |
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* [[Akram Khan (dancer)|Akram Khan]] MBE {{spaced ndash}} dancer and choreographer;<ref name="akram">{{cite news|url=http://www.skyarts.co.uk/dance/article/akram-khans-dance-in-limbo|title=Akram Khan's Dance in Limbo – Sky Arts|work=[[BSkyB]]|date=May 2008|accessdate=13 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227175502/http://www.skyarts.co.uk/dance/article/akram-khans-dance-in-limbo|archive-date=27 February 2009}} Akram Khan</ref> named Outstanding Newcomer 2000, Best Modern Choreography 2002, and Outstanding Male or Female Artist (Modern) 2005 at [[the Critics' Circle]] [[National Dance Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/china-arts-drama-bahok2.htm |title=British Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702064018/http://www.britishcouncil.org/china-arts-drama-bahok2.htm |archive-date= 2 July 2011 }} Akram Khan</ref> |
* [[Akram Khan (dancer)|Akram Khan]] MBE {{spaced ndash}} dancer and choreographer;<ref name="akram">{{cite news|url=http://www.skyarts.co.uk/dance/article/akram-khans-dance-in-limbo|title=Akram Khan's Dance in Limbo – Sky Arts|work=[[BSkyB]]|date=May 2008|accessdate=13 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227175502/http://www.skyarts.co.uk/dance/article/akram-khans-dance-in-limbo|archive-date=27 February 2009}} Akram Khan</ref> named Outstanding Newcomer 2000, Best Modern Choreography 2002, and Outstanding Male or Female Artist (Modern) 2005 at [[the Critics' Circle]] [[National Dance Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/china-arts-drama-bahok2.htm |title=British Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702064018/http://www.britishcouncil.org/china-arts-drama-bahok2.htm |archive-date= 2 July 2011 }} Akram Khan</ref> |
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* [[Art Malik]] {{spaced ndash}} Pakistani-born British actor who achieved fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and [[Merchant Ivory Productions|Merchant-Ivory]] television serials and films<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/88/Art-Malik.html|title=Art Malik Biography (1952–)|website=www.filmreference.com}}</ref> |
* [[Art Malik]] {{spaced ndash}} Pakistani-born British actor who achieved fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and [[Merchant Ivory Productions|Merchant-Ivory]] television serials and films<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/88/Art-Malik.html|title=Art Malik Biography (1952–)|website=www.filmreference.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Asif Kapadia]] – British filmmaker<ref name="Guardian 2017">{{cite news|title=Film-maker Asif Kapadia: 'Maradona is the third part of a trilogy about child geniuses and fame'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/25/asif-kapadia-diego-maradona-senna-amy-interview|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 October 2017}}</ref> |
* [[Asif Kapadia]] – British filmmaker<ref name="Guardian 2017">{{cite news|title=Film-maker Asif Kapadia: 'Maradona is the third part of a trilogy about child geniuses and fame'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/25/asif-kapadia-diego-maradona-senna-amy-interview|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 October 2017}}</ref> |
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* Ayub Khan-Din {{spaced ndash}} actor and playwright |
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* [[Aziz Ibrahim]] {{spaced ndash}} musician best known for his work as guitarist with [[Simply Red]], [[The Stone Roses]] (post-[[John Squire]])<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p248669|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Aziz Ibrahim|last=Warshaw|first=Aaron |website=Allmusic|accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref> |
* [[Aziz Ibrahim]] {{spaced ndash}} musician best known for his work as guitarist with [[Simply Red]], [[The Stone Roses]] (post-[[John Squire]])<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p248669|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Aziz Ibrahim|last=Warshaw|first=Aaron |website=Allmusic|accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Babar Ahmed (director)|Babar Ahmed]] {{spaced ndash}} British/American writer/director of Pashtun and Pakistani descent; according to the BBC<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8369002.stm|title=Coming of age for South Asian stars in Hollywood|work=BBC News|date=23 November 2009}}</ref> |
* [[Babar Ahmed (director)|Babar Ahmed]] {{spaced ndash}} British/American writer/director of Pashtun and Pakistani descent; according to the BBC<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8369002.stm|title=Coming of age for South Asian stars in Hollywood|work=BBC News|date=23 November 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[Munsur Ali]] {{spaced ndash}} film producer, screenwriter and director; in 2014, he wrote, directed and produced ''[[Shongram]]'', a romantic drama set during the 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War]];<ref name="asianaali">{{cite news|last=Sainbhee|first=Kiran|url=http://www.asiana.tv/entertainment/love-and-loss|title=Love And Loss|publisher=Asiana.tv|date=28 June 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330044220/http://www.asiana.tv/entertainment/love-and-loss|archive-date=30 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> first time a British film was simultaneously written, produced and directed by a British Bangladeshi<ref name="breaklondon">{{cite news|last=Blackman|first=Trevor|url=http://www.breaklondon.co.uk/read/shongram-the-struggle-for-love-and-survival-bangladesh-1971|title=Shongram – The struggle for love and survival – Bangladesh 1971|location=London|publisher=BreakLondon|date=8 February 2014|accessdate=1 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305103158/http://breaklondon.co.uk/read/shongram-the-struggle-for-love-and-survival-bangladesh-1971|archive-date=5 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Munsur Ali]] {{spaced ndash}} film producer, screenwriter and director; in 2014, he wrote, directed and produced ''[[Shongram]]'', a romantic drama set during the 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War]];<ref name="asianaali">{{cite news|last=Sainbhee|first=Kiran|url=http://www.asiana.tv/entertainment/love-and-loss|title=Love And Loss|publisher=Asiana.tv|date=28 June 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330044220/http://www.asiana.tv/entertainment/love-and-loss|archive-date=30 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> first time a British film was simultaneously written, produced and directed by a British Bangladeshi<ref name="breaklondon">{{cite news|last=Blackman|first=Trevor|url=http://www.breaklondon.co.uk/read/shongram-the-struggle-for-love-and-survival-bangladesh-1971|title=Shongram – The struggle for love and survival – Bangladesh 1971|location=London|publisher=BreakLondon|date=8 February 2014|accessdate=1 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305103158/http://breaklondon.co.uk/read/shongram-the-struggle-for-love-and-survival-bangladesh-1971|archive-date=5 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Mazhar Munir]] – television and film actor; before co-starring in the 2005 movie ''[[Syriana]]'', he appeared in three British television shows: ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[Mile High]]'', and ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' |
* [[Mazhar Munir]] – television and film actor; before co-starring in the 2005 movie ''[[Syriana]]'', he appeared in three British television shows: ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[Mile High]]'', and ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' |
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* [[Menhaj Huda]] {{spaced ndash}} film and television director, producer and screenwriter; directed and produced ''[[Kidulthood]]'' in 2006<ref name="starburstmagazine">{{cite news |
* [[Menhaj Huda]] {{spaced ndash}} film and television director, producer and screenwriter; directed and produced ''[[Kidulthood]]'' in 2006<ref name="starburstmagazine">{{cite news|last=Haynes|first=Chloe|url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/interviews/4797-interview-menhaj-huda-director-of-comedown|title=IInterview: Menhaj Huda, Director of COMEDOWN|work=[[Starburst (magazine)|Starburst]]|date=30 November 2010|accessdate=1 February 2013|archive-date=8 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508202919/http://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/interviews/4797-interview-menhaj-huda-director-of-comedown|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Mina Anwar]] {{spaced ndash}} British actress; played Police Constable Maggie Habib in the sitcom ''[[The Thin Blue Line (British TV series)|The Thin Blue Line]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0031689/ |title=Mina Anwar |author=IMDB |website=[[IMDb]] |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Mina Anwar]] {{spaced ndash}} British actress; played Police Constable Maggie Habib in the sitcom ''[[The Thin Blue Line (British TV series)|The Thin Blue Line]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0031689/ |title=Mina Anwar |author=IMDB |website=[[IMDb]] |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Mo Ali]] {{spaced ndash}} [[Somali people|Somali]]-British film director<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/interviews/mo-ali-11823 |title=Mo Ali |first=Tom |last=Seymour |work=[[Little White Lies (magazine)|Little White Lies]] |date=28 July 2010 |accessdate=19 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414160222/http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/interviews/mo-ali-11823 |archive-date=14 April 2011 }} on 19 March 2011.</ref> |
* [[Mo Ali]] {{spaced ndash}} [[Somali people|Somali]]-British film director<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/interviews/mo-ali-11823 |title=Mo Ali |first=Tom |last=Seymour |work=[[Little White Lies (magazine)|Little White Lies]] |date=28 July 2010 |accessdate=19 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414160222/http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/interviews/mo-ali-11823 |archive-date=14 April 2011 }} on 19 March 2011.</ref> |
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* [[State of Bengal|Saifullah 'Sam' Zaman]] {{spaced ndash}} DJ and producer associated with the [[Asian Underground]] movement, recording as "State of Bengal"<ref name="stateofbengal">{{cite news|url=http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/artists.php?artist=State_of_Bengal |title=Six Degrees Records – State of Bengal |accessdate=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211085348/http://sixdegreesrecords.com/artists.php?artist=State_of_Bengal |archive-date=11 February 2007 }}</ref> |
* [[State of Bengal|Saifullah 'Sam' Zaman]] {{spaced ndash}} DJ and producer associated with the [[Asian Underground]] movement, recording as "State of Bengal"<ref name="stateofbengal">{{cite news|url=http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/artists.php?artist=State_of_Bengal |title=Six Degrees Records – State of Bengal |accessdate=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211085348/http://sixdegreesrecords.com/artists.php?artist=State_of_Bengal |archive-date=11 February 2007 }}</ref> |
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* [[Sakina Samo]]{{spaced ndash}} award-winning actress, producer and director<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/705320/sakinas-pearls-of-wisdom|title=Sakina's pearls of wisdom|first=From|last=InpaperMagazine|date=24 March 2012}}</ref> |
* [[Sakina Samo]]{{spaced ndash}} award-winning actress, producer and director<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/705320/sakinas-pearls-of-wisdom|title=Sakina's pearls of wisdom|first=From|last=InpaperMagazine|date=24 March 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[Sami Yusuf]]{{spaced ndash}} musician<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/article/Iran/Sami-Yusuf/610|title=News – Kwintessential UK}}</ref> |
* [[Sami Yusuf]]{{spaced ndash}} musician<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/article/Iran/Sami-Yusuf/610|title=News – Kwintessential UK|access-date=20 July 2013|archive-date=12 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112085234/http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/article/Iran/Sami-Yusuf/610|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Selma Chalabi]] – radio producer and journalist for BBC Wales. She was born in the United Kingdom to an Iraqi father and English mother, and was raised in [[Winchester, England|Winchester]].<ref name="CMA">{{cite web |
* [[Selma Chalabi]] – radio producer and journalist for BBC Wales. She was born in the United Kingdom to an Iraqi father and English mother, and was raised in [[Winchester, England|Winchester]].<ref name="CMA">{{cite web |
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* [[Shazia Mirza]] {{spaced ndash}} comedian from Birmingham, England, whose act revolves around her Muslim faith<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/shaziamirza |title=Profile |newspaper=The Guardian |date= 23 July 2008|accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
* [[Shazia Mirza]] {{spaced ndash}} comedian from Birmingham, England, whose act revolves around her Muslim faith<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/shaziamirza |title=Profile |newspaper=The Guardian |date= 23 July 2008|accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[Shehzad Afzal]] {{spaced ndash}} writer, director, producer and [[game designer]] born in [[Dundee]], Scotland<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork//users/48754236 BBC Film Network Profile – Shehzad Afzal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801094339/http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/ |date=1 August 2013 }} ''bbc.co.uk''</ref> |
* [[Shehzad Afzal]] {{spaced ndash}} writer, director, producer and [[game designer]] born in [[Dundee]], Scotland<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork//users/48754236 BBC Film Network Profile – Shehzad Afzal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801094339/http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/ |date=1 August 2013 }} ''bbc.co.uk''</ref> |
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* Sohini Alam, born 1978 {{spaced ndash}} singer for Lokkhi Terra and Khiyo bands{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}. Born in London in 1978. |
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* [[Sophiya Haque]] {{spaced ndash}} actress, singer and video jockey;<ref name="timesofindia">{{cite news |last=Holla|first=Anand|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Sophiya-Haque-led-a-life-as-colourful-as-her-repertoire/articleshow/18070777.cms|title=Sophiya Haque led a life as colourful as her repertoire|work= [[The Times of India]]|date=19 January 2013|accessdate=18 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="thestage">{{cite news |last=Piper|first=Stuart|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2013/01/sophiya-haque/|title=Sophiya Haque|work= [[The Stage]]|date=18 January 2013|accessdate=19 January 2013}}</ref> played Poppy Morales in ''[[Coronation Street]]'', 2008–2009. |
* [[Sophiya Haque]] {{spaced ndash}} actress, singer and video jockey;<ref name="timesofindia">{{cite news |last=Holla|first=Anand|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Sophiya-Haque-led-a-life-as-colourful-as-her-repertoire/articleshow/18070777.cms|title=Sophiya Haque led a life as colourful as her repertoire|work= [[The Times of India]]|date=19 January 2013|accessdate=18 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="thestage">{{cite news |last=Piper|first=Stuart|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2013/01/sophiya-haque/|title=Sophiya Haque|work= [[The Stage]]|date=18 January 2013|accessdate=19 January 2013}}</ref> played Poppy Morales in ''[[Coronation Street]]'', 2008–2009. |
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* [[Suleman Mirza]] {{spaced ndash}} lead dancer of [[Signature (dance group)|Signature]], runner-up on ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' 2008{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
* [[Suleman Mirza]] {{spaced ndash}} lead dancer of [[Signature (dance group)|Signature]], runner-up on ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' 2008{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
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* [[Tez Ilyas]] – stand-up comedian of Pakistani descent<ref name="nouse">{{cite news |last=Pullen|first=Tess|url=http://www.nouse.co.uk/2015/07/27/edinburgh-fringe-2015-an-interview-with-tez-ilyas/|title=Edinburgh Fringe 2015: An interview with Tez Ilyas|newspaper=[[Nouse]]|date=27 July 2015|accessdate=1 April 2016}}</ref> |
* [[Tez Ilyas]] – stand-up comedian of Pakistani descent<ref name="nouse">{{cite news |last=Pullen|first=Tess|url=http://www.nouse.co.uk/2015/07/27/edinburgh-fringe-2015-an-interview-with-tez-ilyas/|title=Edinburgh Fringe 2015: An interview with Tez Ilyas|newspaper=[[Nouse]]|date=27 July 2015|accessdate=1 April 2016}}</ref> |
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* [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens]]<ref name="Salon.com">{{cite news|author=Reiter, Amy|url=http://www.salon.com/people/rewind/1999/08/14/cat/index1.html|title=Salon People: Cat Stevens|work=Salon|date=14 August 1999|accessdate=24 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203165151/http://www.salon.com/people/rewind/1999/08/14/cat/index1.html|archive-date=3 February 2009}}</ref> |
* [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens]]<ref name="Salon.com">{{cite news|author=Reiter, Amy|url=http://www.salon.com/people/rewind/1999/08/14/cat/index1.html|title=Salon People: Cat Stevens|work=Salon|date=14 August 1999|accessdate=24 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203165151/http://www.salon.com/people/rewind/1999/08/14/cat/index1.html|archive-date=3 February 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[Zahra Ahmadi]]{{spaced ndash}} actress |
* [[Zahra Ahmadi]]{{spaced ndash}} actress {{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
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<ref name=":1" /> Zain Javadd Malik, known mononymously as Zayn, is a British singer. Born and raised in Bradford, Malik auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition television series The X Factor in 2010. |
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Zain Javadd Malik — known mononymously as Zayn, is a British singer. Born and raised in Bradford, Malik auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition television series The X Factor in 2010. |
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* [[Ajmal Masroor]] – television presenter, politician, imam,<ref name="guardianajmal">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/30/islamandbritain22|title=Ajmal Masroor, 33|location= London|work=The Guardian|date=30 November 2004|accessdate=30 January 2009}}</ref> and [[Prospective parliamentary candidate|UK Parliamentary candidate]] for [[Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)|Bethnal Green and Bow constituency]] representing [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]];<ref name="ajmallibdem">{{cite news |url=http://tower-hamlets-libdems.org.uk/en/article/2008/097184/ajmal-masroor-selected-as-ppc-for-bethnal-green-and-bow-parliamentary-constituency|title=Ajmal Masroor selected as PPC for Bethnal Green and Bow parliamentary constituency|publisher=[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] (Tower Hamlets)|date=26 September 2008|accessdate=30 January 2009}}</ref> television presenter on political and Islamic programmes on [[Islam Channel]] and [[Channel S]]<ref name="guardianajmal2">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ajmalmasroor|title=Ajmal Masroor profile|location= London|work=The Guardian|date=17 March 2008|accessdate=25 December 2008}}</ref> |
* [[Ajmal Masroor]] – television presenter, politician, imam,<ref name="guardianajmal">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/30/islamandbritain22|title=Ajmal Masroor, 33|location= London|work=The Guardian|date=30 November 2004|accessdate=30 January 2009}}</ref> and [[Prospective parliamentary candidate|UK Parliamentary candidate]] for [[Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)|Bethnal Green and Bow constituency]] representing [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]];<ref name="ajmallibdem">{{cite news |url=http://tower-hamlets-libdems.org.uk/en/article/2008/097184/ajmal-masroor-selected-as-ppc-for-bethnal-green-and-bow-parliamentary-constituency|title=Ajmal Masroor selected as PPC for Bethnal Green and Bow parliamentary constituency|publisher=[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] (Tower Hamlets)|date=26 September 2008|accessdate=30 January 2009}}</ref> television presenter on political and Islamic programmes on [[Islam Channel]] and [[Channel S]]<ref name="guardianajmal2">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ajmalmasroor|title=Ajmal Masroor profile|location= London|work=The Guardian|date=17 March 2008|accessdate=25 December 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[Ali Abbasi (television host)|Ali Abbasi]] {{spaced ndash}} former Scottish TV presenter<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3941849.stm |title=Ali Abbasi: Your memories |author=BBC |date= 31 July 2004|work= BBC News|accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Ali Abbasi (television host)|Ali Abbasi]] {{spaced ndash}} former Scottish TV presenter<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3941849.stm |title=Ali Abbasi: Your memories |author=BBC |date= 31 July 2004|work= BBC News|accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Anila Baig]] {{spaced ndash}}columnist at ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/radio/713 |title=Can Anila Baig change The Sun? |author=Kalpana Mistry |work= |
* [[Anila Baig]] {{spaced ndash}}columnist at ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/radio/713 |title=Can Anila Baig change The Sun? |author=Kalpana Mistry |work=Asians in Media magazine |accessdate=15 July 2011 |archive-date=27 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227061744/http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/radio/713 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Arif Ali]] {{spaced ndash}} regional product director for the [[Associated Press]] [[news agency]] in Europe, Middle East and Africa<ref name=ap>{{cite news|first=Danica|last=Kirka|title=Arif Ali of AP London Dies at 46|url=http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_8144094|work=[[Long Beach Press-Telegram]]|date=31 January 2008|accessdate=4 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613202912/http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_8144094|archive-date=13 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Arif Ali]] {{spaced ndash}} regional product director for the [[Associated Press]] [[news agency]] in Europe, Middle East and Africa<ref name=ap>{{cite news|first=Danica|last=Kirka|title=Arif Ali of AP London Dies at 46|url=http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_8144094|work=[[Long Beach Press-Telegram]]|date=31 January 2008|accessdate=4 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613202912/http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_8144094|archive-date=13 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Asad Ahmad]] {{spaced ndash}} BBC journalist and news presenter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/london/asadahmad.shtml |title=BBC - Press Office - Asad Ahmad |accessdate=24 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090218152240/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/london/asadahmad.shtml |archive-date=18 February 2009 }}</ref> |
* [[Asad Ahmad]] {{spaced ndash}} BBC journalist and news presenter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/london/asadahmad.shtml |title=BBC - Press Office - Asad Ahmad |accessdate=24 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090218152240/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/london/asadahmad.shtml |archive-date=18 February 2009 }}</ref> |
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* [[Asad Qureshi]] {{spaced ndash}} filmmaker who was kidnapped on 26 March 2010 by a militant group called the "[[Asian Tigers (militant group)|Asian Tigers]]" in Pakistan's [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/24/kidnappedex-isi-official-with-close-taliban-linkdies-aid0126.html|title=Kidnapped ex-ISI official with close Taliban link dies|work=One India|date=24 January 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Asad Qureshi]] {{spaced ndash}} filmmaker who was kidnapped on 26 March 2010 by a militant group called the "[[Asian Tigers (militant group)|Asian Tigers]]" in Pakistan's [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/24/kidnappedex-isi-official-with-close-taliban-linkdies-aid0126.html|title=Kidnapped ex-ISI official with close Taliban link dies|work=One India|date=24 January 2011|access-date=7 August 2013|archive-date=8 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008170052/http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/24/kidnappedex-isi-official-with-close-taliban-linkdies-aid0126.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Azad Ali]] {{spaced ndash}} IT worker and civil servant for the [[HM Treasury]]; [[Islamic Forum of Europe]] spokesman; founding chair of the [[Muslim Safety Forum]]; vice-chair of [[Unite Against Fascism]]<ref name="iengage">{{cite news|url=http://www.iengage.org.uk/component/content/article/1-news/408-engage-exclusive-azad-ali-cleared-of-wrongdoing-by-civil-service-investigation-|title=ENGAGE Exclusive: Azad Ali cleared of wrongdoing by Civil Service investigation|work=Engage|date=27 June 2009|accessdate=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101164222/http://www.iengage.org.uk/component/content/article/1-news/408-engage-exclusive-azad-ali-cleared-of-wrongdoing-by-civil-service-investigation-|archive-date=1 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Azad Ali]] {{spaced ndash}} IT worker and civil servant for the [[HM Treasury]]; [[Islamic Forum of Europe]] spokesman; founding chair of the [[Muslim Safety Forum]]; vice-chair of [[Unite Against Fascism]]<ref name="iengage">{{cite news|url=http://www.iengage.org.uk/component/content/article/1-news/408-engage-exclusive-azad-ali-cleared-of-wrongdoing-by-civil-service-investigation-|title=ENGAGE Exclusive: Azad Ali cleared of wrongdoing by Civil Service investigation|work=Engage|date=27 June 2009|accessdate=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101164222/http://www.iengage.org.uk/component/content/article/1-news/408-engage-exclusive-azad-ali-cleared-of-wrongdoing-by-civil-service-investigation-|archive-date=1 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Azeem Rafiq]] {{spaced ndash}} English cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Azeem Rafiq: academy: players: 2008 season |url=http://www.yorkshireccc.com/season/players/academy/azeem_rafiq/index.html |publisher=YorkshireCCC.com |accessdate=8 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728075041/http://www.yorkshireccc.com/season/players/academy/azeem_rafiq/index.html |archive-date=28 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
* [[Azeem Rafiq]] {{spaced ndash}} English cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Azeem Rafiq: academy: players: 2008 season |url=http://www.yorkshireccc.com/season/players/academy/azeem_rafiq/index.html |publisher=YorkshireCCC.com |accessdate=8 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728075041/http://www.yorkshireccc.com/season/players/academy/azeem_rafiq/index.html |archive-date=28 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Faisal Islam]] {{spaced ndash}} economics editor and correspondent for ''[[Channel 4 News]]''; named 2006 "Young Journalist of the Year" at the [[Royal Television Society|Royal Society of Television]] awards<ref name=Channel4>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/authors/faisal+islam/105950#bio |title=Faisal Islam |publisher=Channel4.com |accessdate=13 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629062040/http://www.channel4.com/news/authors/faisal%2Bislam/105950 |archive-date=29 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
* [[Faisal Islam]] {{spaced ndash}} economics editor and correspondent for ''[[Channel 4 News]]''; named 2006 "Young Journalist of the Year" at the [[Royal Television Society|Royal Society of Television]] awards<ref name=Channel4>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/authors/faisal+islam/105950#bio |title=Faisal Islam |publisher=Channel4.com |accessdate=13 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629062040/http://www.channel4.com/news/authors/faisal%2Bislam/105950 |archive-date=29 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Fareena Alam]] {{spaced ndash}} editor of British Muslim magazine ''Q News'';<ref name="newsweek">{{cite news |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/44503|title=Beyond the Veil|work= [[Newsweek]] International|date=27 November 2006|accessdate=30 September 2007}}</ref> named Media Professional of the Year by [[Islamic Relief]] in 2005 and at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2006<ref name="bbcalam">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5018520.stm|title=Asian Women of Achievements Awards 2006|work=[[BBC News]]|date=25 May 2006|accessdate=30 September 2007}}</ref> |
* [[Fareena Alam]] {{spaced ndash}} editor of British Muslim magazine ''Q News'';<ref name="newsweek">{{cite news |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/44503|title=Beyond the Veil|work= [[Newsweek]] International|date=27 November 2006|accessdate=30 September 2007}}</ref> named Media Professional of the Year by [[Islamic Relief]] in 2005 and at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2006<ref name="bbcalam">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5018520.stm|title=Asian Women of Achievements Awards 2006|work=[[BBC News]]|date=25 May 2006|accessdate=30 September 2007}}</ref> |
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* [[Faris Kermani]] {{spaced ndash}}film director based in the UK, now head of [[production company]] based in London, Crescent Films<ref>[http://www.crescentfilms.co.uk/index.php?page=about-us "About Us"], Crescent Films.</ref> |
* [[Faris Kermani]] {{spaced ndash}}film director based in the UK, now head of [[production company]] based in London, Crescent Films<ref>[http://www.crescentfilms.co.uk/index.php?page=about-us "About Us"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818021912/http://www.crescentfilms.co.uk/index.php?page=about-us |date=18 August 2013 }}, Crescent Films.</ref> |
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* [[Hassan Ghani]] {{spaced ndash}} Scottish<ref name="scotghani">Alison Campsie, [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/missing-scot-had-warned-of-bloody-outcome-1.1031806 "Missing Scot had warned of bloody outcome"], ''The Herald Scotland'', 31 May 2010.</ref><ref name="bbcghani">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/10198187.stm "Concern for Scots on Gaza aid flotilla"], BBC News, 31 May 2010.</ref> broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, based in London |
* [[Hassan Ghani]] {{spaced ndash}} Scottish<ref name="scotghani">Alison Campsie, [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/missing-scot-had-warned-of-bloody-outcome-1.1031806 "Missing Scot had warned of bloody outcome"], ''The Herald Scotland'', 31 May 2010.</ref><ref name="bbcghani">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/10198187.stm "Concern for Scots on Gaza aid flotilla"], BBC News, 31 May 2010.</ref> broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, based in London |
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* [[Javed Malik]] {{spaced ndash}} television anchor; publisher of the UAE's first diplomatic magazine, ''The International Diplomat''; executive director of the World Forum; served as Pakistan's Ambassador at Large and Special Advisor to The Prime Minister; close friend of former Prime Minister [[Benazir Bhutto]] and Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] of Pakistan |
* [[Javed Malik]] {{spaced ndash}} television anchor; publisher of the UAE's first diplomatic magazine, ''The International Diplomat''; executive director of the World Forum; served as Pakistan's Ambassador at Large and Special Advisor to The Prime Minister; close friend of former Prime Minister [[Benazir Bhutto]] and Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] of Pakistan |
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* [[Konnie Huq|Kanak 'Konnie' Huq]] {{spaced ndash}} television presenter, best known for being the longest-serving female ''[[Blue Peter]]'' presenter<ref name="guardianhuq">{{cite news |last=Saner|first= Emine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/dec/07/bbc.television|title='It's lucky that I'm a good girl'|location= London|work= The Guardian|date=7 December 2007|accessdate=30 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="independenthuq">{{cite news |last=Saner|first= Emine|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-konnie-huq-tv-presenter-age-32-864535.html|title=My Secret Life: Konnie Huq, TV Presenter, age 32|location= London|work= The Independent|date=12 July 2008|accessdate=17 August 2008}}</ref> |
* [[Konnie Huq|Kanak 'Konnie' Huq]] {{spaced ndash}} television presenter, best known for being the longest-serving female ''[[Blue Peter]]'' presenter<ref name="guardianhuq">{{cite news |last=Saner|first= Emine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/dec/07/bbc.television|title='It's lucky that I'm a good girl'|location= London|work= The Guardian|date=7 December 2007|accessdate=30 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="independenthuq">{{cite news |last=Saner|first= Emine|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-konnie-huq-tv-presenter-age-32-864535.html|title=My Secret Life: Konnie Huq, TV Presenter, age 32|location= London|work= The Independent|date=12 July 2008|accessdate=17 August 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[Lisa Aziz]] {{spaced ndash}} news presenter and journalist, best known as the co-presenter of the Bristol-based [[ITV West Country]] nightly weekday news programme ''[[ITV News West Country|The West Country Tonight]]'';<ref name="tvnewsroom">{{cite news|url=http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/tag/lisa-aziz/|title=Lisa Aziz joins ITV West|publisher=TV Newsroom|date=6 June 2005|accessdate=10 July 2009|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101021114/http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/tag/lisa-aziz/|url-status=dead}}</ref> one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television;<ref name="thisisgloucestershire">{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/ITV-presenter-Lisa-Aziz-suspended/article-1156695-detail/article.html|title=ITV presenter Lisa Aziz suspended|work=[[Evening Standard]]|date=10 July 2009|accessdate=12 July 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114064410/http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/ITV-presenter-Lisa-Aziz-suspended/article-1156695-detail/article.html|archive-date=14 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> won the [[Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy]] Best Television News Journalist Award<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/events/434|title=EMMA awards honours media personalities in glitzy ceremony|work=AIM Magazine|date=25 May 2004|accessdate=4 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114306/http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/events/434|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="indiantelevision">{{cite news |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k4/may/may207.htm|title=Nagra 'bends it' at UK's Emma awards in TV category|publisher=IndianTelevision.com|date=28 May 2009|accessdate=4 July 2009}}</ref> |
* [[Lisa Aziz]] {{spaced ndash}} news presenter and journalist, best known as the co-presenter of the Bristol-based [[ITV West Country]] nightly weekday news programme ''[[ITV News West Country|The West Country Tonight]]'';<ref name="tvnewsroom">{{cite news|url=http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/tag/lisa-aziz/|title=Lisa Aziz joins ITV West|publisher=TV Newsroom|date=6 June 2005|accessdate=10 July 2009|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101021114/http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/tag/lisa-aziz/|url-status=dead}}</ref> one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television;<ref name="thisisgloucestershire">{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/ITV-presenter-Lisa-Aziz-suspended/article-1156695-detail/article.html|title=ITV presenter Lisa Aziz suspended|work=[[Evening Standard]]|date=10 July 2009|accessdate=12 July 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114064410/http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/ITV-presenter-Lisa-Aziz-suspended/article-1156695-detail/article.html|archive-date=14 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> won the [[Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy]] Best Television News Journalist Award<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/events/434|title=EMMA awards honours media personalities in glitzy ceremony|work=AIM Magazine|date=25 May 2004|accessdate=4 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114306/http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/events/434|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="indiantelevision">{{cite news |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k4/may/may207.htm|title=Nagra 'bends it' at UK's Emma awards in TV category|publisher=IndianTelevision.com|date=28 May 2009|accessdate=4 July 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[Maryam Moshiri]]{{spaced ndash}} BBC News presenter<ref>http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article1641024.ece</ref> |
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* [[Mazher Mahmood]] (also known as the "Fake Sheikh") {{spaced ndash}} often dubbed as "Britain's most notorious undercover reporter"; in a ''[[GQ]]'' survey was voted as the 45th most powerful man in Britain;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?docId=1000212993 |title=Confessions of a Fake Sheikh |author=Harper Collins |publisher=[[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] |accessdate=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720132431/http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?docId=1000212993 |archive-date=20 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the ''[[News of the World]]'' paid his six-figure salary, plus an editorial and technical support budget<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3592327/The-dirty-digger.html |title=The dirty digger |author=Telegraph News & Media Group |date= 8 June 2003|work= The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
* [[Mazher Mahmood]] (also known as the "Fake Sheikh") {{spaced ndash}} often dubbed as "Britain's most notorious undercover reporter"; in a ''[[GQ]]'' survey was voted as the 45th most powerful man in Britain;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?docId=1000212993 |title=Confessions of a Fake Sheikh |author=Harper Collins |publisher=[[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] |accessdate=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720132431/http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?docId=1000212993 |archive-date=20 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the ''[[News of the World]]'' paid his six-figure salary, plus an editorial and technical support budget<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3592327/The-dirty-digger.html |title=The dirty digger |author=Telegraph News & Media Group |date= 8 June 2003|work= The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[Mehdi Hasan]] {{spaced ndash}} senior politics editor at the ''New Statesman'' and a former news and current affairs editor at Channel 4<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/mehdi-hasan/2011/01/pakistan-muslims-taseer-west |title=Pakistan Muslims Taseer-West |author=Mehdi Hassan |work= [[New Statesman]] |date=5 January 2011 |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Mehdi Hasan]] {{spaced ndash}} senior politics editor at the ''New Statesman'' and a former news and current affairs editor at Channel 4<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/mehdi-hasan/2011/01/pakistan-muslims-taseer-west |title=Pakistan Muslims Taseer-West |author=Mehdi Hassan |work= [[New Statesman]] |date=5 January 2011 |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Muhammad Abdul Bari]]{{spaced ndash}} Chairman of the [[East London Mosque]]; Secretary General of the [[Muslim Council of Britain]], 2006–2010 |
* [[Muhammad Abdul Bari]]{{spaced ndash}} Chairman of the [[East London Mosque]]; Secretary General of the [[Muslim Council of Britain]], 2006–2010 |
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* [[Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed]] {{spaced ndash}} environment writer for ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nafeez-ahmed | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Nafeez | last=Ahmed | title=Nafeez Ahmed | date=22 April 2013}}</ref> t<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight|title=Earth insight – Environment|website=The Guardian}}</ref> |
* [[Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed]] {{spaced ndash}} environment writer for ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nafeez-ahmed | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Nafeez | last=Ahmed | title=Nafeez Ahmed | date=22 April 2013}}</ref> t<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight|title=Earth insight – Environment|website=The Guardian}}</ref> |
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* [[Nazenin Ansari]] {{spaced ndash}} journalist, former correspondent for [[Voice of America]]'s Persian News Network; Iranian analyst for [[BBC Radio 4]], [[CNN International]], [[Sky News]] and [[Aljazeera]] |
* [[Nazenin Ansari]] {{spaced ndash}} journalist, former correspondent for [[Voice of America]]'s Persian News Network; Iranian analyst for [[BBC Radio 4]], [[CNN International]], [[Sky News]] and [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Aljazeera]] |
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* [[Nazia Mogra]] {{spaced ndash}} television journalist for ''[[BBC North West Tonight]]'' news on BBC One<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z880l|title=07/03/2011, Inside Out North West – BBC One|website=BBC}}</ref> |
* [[Nazia Mogra]] {{spaced ndash}} television journalist for ''[[BBC North West Tonight]]'' news on BBC One<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z880l|title=07/03/2011, Inside Out North West – BBC One|website=BBC}}</ref> |
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* [[Nima Nourizadeh]]{{spaced ndash}} film director{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} |
* [[Nima Nourizadeh]]{{spaced ndash}} film director{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} |
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* [[Saira Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} runner-up on the first series of ''The Apprentice'', and now a TV presenter on BBC's ''Temper Your Temper'' and ''Desi DNA''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/10706-60-seconds-saira-khan |title= 60 seconds |author=The Metro |publisher=Associated Press |accessdate=15 July 2011|date= 7 March 2006 }}</ref> |
* [[Saira Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} runner-up on the first series of ''The Apprentice'', and now a TV presenter on BBC's ''Temper Your Temper'' and ''Desi DNA''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/10706-60-seconds-saira-khan |title= 60 seconds |author=The Metro |publisher=Associated Press |accessdate=15 July 2011|date= 7 March 2006 }}</ref> |
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* [[Sarfraz Manzoor]] – British writer, journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster; writes regularly for ''The Guardian''; presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/feb/10/sarfraz-manzoor-2011-jinnah-award |title=Sarfraz Manzoor wins 2011 Jinnah Award |author=Rowenna Davis |date= 10 February 2011|work= The Guardian |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
* [[Sarfraz Manzoor]] – British writer, journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster; writes regularly for ''The Guardian''; presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/feb/10/sarfraz-manzoor-2011-jinnah-award |title=Sarfraz Manzoor wins 2011 Jinnah Award |author=Rowenna Davis |date= 10 February 2011|work= The Guardian |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[Secunder Kermani]] - journalist who is Foreign Correspondent for [[Channel 4 News]]. He was previously a reporter on the BBC's flagship [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] programme ''[[Newsnight]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asian-voice.com/Opinion/Columnists/Rani-Singh/The-Newsnight-Reporter-Finding-A-Fresh-Angle|title=The Newsnight Reporter Finding A Fresh Angle|website=asian-voice.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Shaista Aziz]] {{spaced ndash}} journalist, writer, stand-up comedian, and former international [[aid]] worker<ref name="journalism">{{cite news |last=Kiss|first=Jemima|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/al-jazeera-sacks-another-english-journalist/s2/a5788/|title=Al-Jazeera sacks another English journalist|work=Outspoken union member and ex-BBC journalist dismissed|publisher=Journalism.co.uk|date=2 January 2004|accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Shaista Aziz]] {{spaced ndash}} journalist, writer, stand-up comedian, and former international [[aid]] worker<ref name="journalism">{{cite news |last=Kiss|first=Jemima|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/al-jazeera-sacks-another-english-journalist/s2/a5788/|title=Al-Jazeera sacks another English journalist|work=Outspoken union member and ex-BBC journalist dismissed|publisher=Journalism.co.uk|date=2 January 2004|accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Shamim Chowdhury]] – television and print journalist for Al Jazeera English<ref name="asiancommunity">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/shamim-chowdhury-we-cannot-stop-this-extremism-on-our-own-406956.html|title=Shamim Chowdhury: We cannot stop this extremism on our own|work= The Independent|date=7 July 2006|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Shamim Chowdhury]] – television and print journalist for Al Jazeera English<ref name="asiancommunity">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/shamim-chowdhury-we-cannot-stop-this-extremism-on-our-own-406956.html|title=Shamim Chowdhury: We cannot stop this extremism on our own|work= The Independent|date=7 July 2006|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Tasmin Lucia-Khan]] – journalist, presenter and producer;<ref name="bbckhan">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/tasmin_lucia_khan.shtml|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=August 2010|accessdate=14 May 2008|archive-date=9 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109091159/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/tasmin_lucia_khan.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> delivered [[BBC Three]]'s nightly hourly [[BBC World News|World News]] bulletins on in ''[[60 Seconds]]'';<ref name="bbctasmin2">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/.shtml|title=New faces and look for BBC Three's 60seconds|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=8 February 2008}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> presented ''E24'' on the rolling news channel [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News]];<ref name="primetimeunreality">{{cite news|url=http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/tasmin-lucia-khan-and-andy-may-for-bbc-threes-60seconds/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan and Andy May for BBC Three's 60 Seconds|publisher=Unreality Primetime|date=8 February 2009|accessdate=5 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907160247/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/tasmin-lucia-khan-and-andy-may-for-bbc-threes-60seconds/|archive-date=7 September 2008}}</ref> presents news on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] breakfast television programme ''[[Daybreak (2010 TV programme)|Daybreak]]''<ref name="mirror">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/08/04/tam-s-phew-job-115875-22462433/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan set to join new ITV breakfast show Daybreak|work= [[Daily Mirror|Mirror]]|date=4 August 2010|accessdate=4 August 2010}}</ref> |
* [[Tasmin Lucia-Khan]] – journalist, presenter and producer;<ref name="bbckhan">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/tasmin_lucia_khan.shtml|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=August 2010|accessdate=14 May 2008|archive-date=9 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109091159/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/tasmin_lucia_khan.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> delivered [[BBC Three]]'s nightly hourly [[BBC World News|World News]] bulletins on in ''[[60 Seconds]]'';<ref name="bbctasmin2">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/.shtml|title=New faces and look for BBC Three's 60seconds|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=8 February 2008}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> presented ''E24'' on the rolling news channel [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News]];<ref name="primetimeunreality">{{cite news|url=http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/tasmin-lucia-khan-and-andy-may-for-bbc-threes-60seconds/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan and Andy May for BBC Three's 60 Seconds|publisher=Unreality Primetime|date=8 February 2009|accessdate=5 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907160247/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/tasmin-lucia-khan-and-andy-may-for-bbc-threes-60seconds/|archive-date=7 September 2008}}</ref> presents news on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] breakfast television programme ''[[Daybreak (2010 TV programme)|Daybreak]]''<ref name="mirror">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/08/04/tam-s-phew-job-115875-22462433/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan set to join new ITV breakfast show Daybreak|work= [[Daily Mirror|Mirror]]|date=4 August 2010|accessdate=4 August 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Tazeen Ahmad]] {{spaced ndash}} British television and radio presenter and reporter<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/shariah-tv/articles/interview-with-tazeen-ahmad- Interview with Tazeen Ahmad] Channel 4, 22 June 2009</ref> |
* [[Tazeen Ahmad]] {{spaced ndash}} British television and radio presenter and reporter<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/shariah-tv/articles/interview-with-tazeen-ahmad- Interview with Tazeen Ahmad] Channel 4, 22 June 2009</ref> |
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* [[Waheed Khan]] – documentary television director working in British television<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/television/1274 |title=Showing a different side of Pakistan on Desi DNA |work=Asians in Media magazine |accessdate=15 July 2011 |archive-date=9 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709144048/http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/television/1274 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Yasmin Alibhai-Brown]] {{spaced ndash}} journalist and author born in Uganda; regular columnist for ''[[The Independent]]'' and the ''[[Evening Standard]]''<ref name="cardiff">{{cite web | title = Yasmin Alibhai-Brown | url = http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/contactsandpeople/honorary/alibhai-brown-yasmin.html | publisher = [[Cardiff University]] | accessdate = 20 April 2009 }}</ref> |
* [[Yasmin Alibhai-Brown]] {{spaced ndash}} journalist and author born in Uganda; regular columnist for ''[[The Independent]]'' and the ''[[Evening Standard]]''<ref name="cardiff">{{cite web | title = Yasmin Alibhai-Brown | url = http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/contactsandpeople/honorary/alibhai-brown-yasmin.html | publisher = [[Cardiff University]] | accessdate = 20 April 2009 }}</ref> |
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* [[Yvonne Ridley]] {{spaced ndash}} journalist and [[RESPECT The Unity Coalition|Respect Party]] activist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/27/afghanistan.terrorism4 |title=Daughter of Ridley's guide in Taliban jail |work=The Guardian |date=27 October 2001 |location=London |first=Rory |last=Carroll}}</ref> |
* [[Yvonne Ridley]] {{spaced ndash}} journalist and [[RESPECT The Unity Coalition|Respect Party]] activist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/27/afghanistan.terrorism4 |title=Daughter of Ridley's guide in Taliban jail |work=The Guardian |date=27 October 2001 |location=London |first=Rory |last=Carroll}}</ref> |
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* [[Zarqa Nawaz]] {{spaced ndash}} freelance writer, journalist, broadcaster, and filmmaker<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.alternet.org/movies/15348/|title=My Big Fat Muslim Movie|journal=AlterNet|first=Greg|last=Beatty|date=9 March 2003}}</ref> |
* [[Zarqa Nawaz]] {{spaced ndash}} freelance writer, journalist, broadcaster, and filmmaker<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.alternet.org/movies/15348/|title=My Big Fat Muslim Movie|journal=AlterNet|first=Greg|last=Beatty|date=9 March 2003}}</ref> |
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* ''Sheikh Jawad Hussain'' - Senior Lecturer (Law & Politics) Studied at Kingston University, Freelance Journalist/ Author/ Storyteller. |
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* [[Unzela Khan]], British Pakistani journalist. |
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==Law and justice== |
==Law and justice== |
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===Judges=== |
===Judges=== |
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* [[Tan Ikram]] – appointed as a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jac.judiciary.gov.uk/case-study/tan-ikram-district-judge-magistrates-court|title=Tan Ikram – Judicial Appointments Commission|website=jac.judiciary.gov.uk}}</ref> |
* [[Tan Ikram]] – appointed as a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jac.judiciary.gov.uk/case-study/tan-ikram-district-judge-magistrates-court|title=Tan Ikram – Judicial Appointments Commission|website=jac.judiciary.gov.uk|access-date=14 February 2017|archive-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215123723/https://jac.judiciary.gov.uk/case-study/tan-ikram-district-judge-magistrates-court|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Akhlaq Choudhury]] – British High Court judge of England and Wales |
* [[Akhlaq Choudhury]] – British High Court judge of England and Wales |
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===Other=== |
===Other=== |
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* [[Aamer Anwar]] {{spaced ndash}} [[Glaswegian]] solicitor; named as Criminal Lawyer of the Year by the Law Awards of Scotland in 2005 and 2006<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3908886.ece |title=Aamer Anwar blasts 'spineless' solicitors |author=Mark Macaskill |date= 11 May 2008|publisher=Times Newspapers |accessdate=22 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
* [[Aamer Anwar]] {{spaced ndash}} [[Glasgow|Glaswegian]] solicitor; named as Criminal Lawyer of the Year by the Law Awards of Scotland in 2005 and 2006<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3908886.ece |title=Aamer Anwar blasts 'spineless' solicitors |author=Mark Macaskill |date= 11 May 2008|publisher=Times Newspapers |accessdate=22 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[Amal Clooney]] {{spaced ndash}} London-based [[Lebanese people in the United Kingdom|Lebanese-British]] lawyer, activist, and author |
* [[Amal Clooney]] {{spaced ndash}} London-based [[Lebanese people in the United Kingdom|Lebanese-British]] lawyer, activist, and author |
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* [[M. A. Muid Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} barrister who was selected as the Best Human Rights Lawyer of England and Wales for 2012 by the [[Chartered Institute of Legal Executives]]; in September 2012, he was ranked as third in the top five Chartered Legal Executive Lawyers of England and Wales by the Law Society<ref name="thebengalitimes">{{cite news|url=http://thebengalitimes.com/details.php?val=4902&pub_no=&menu_id=2&view=archiev&arch_date=2011-08-11|title=M. A. Muid Khan : Best Human Rights Lawyer in UK|location=Canada|publisher=Bengali Times|date=5 June 2012|accessdate=1 August 2013|archive-date=1 August 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130801023833/http://thebengalitimes.com/details.php?val=4902&pub_no=&menu_id=2&view=archiev&arch_date=2011-08-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[M. A. Muid Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} barrister who was selected as the Best Human Rights Lawyer of England and Wales for 2012 by the [[Chartered Institute of Legal Executives]]; in September 2012, he was ranked as third in the top five Chartered Legal Executive Lawyers of England and Wales by the Law Society<ref name="thebengalitimes">{{cite news|url=http://thebengalitimes.com/details.php?val=4902&pub_no=&menu_id=2&view=archiev&arch_date=2011-08-11|title=M. A. Muid Khan : Best Human Rights Lawyer in UK|location=Canada|publisher=Bengali Times|date=5 June 2012|accessdate=1 August 2013|archive-date=1 August 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130801023833/http://thebengalitimes.com/details.php?val=4902&pub_no=&menu_id=2&view=archiev&arch_date=2011-08-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Mumtaz Hussain (solicitor)|Mumtaz Hussain]] {{spaced ndash}} solicitor and radio presenter; since 2010, she has presented ''Health and Healing with Mumtaz'' on RedShift Radio<ref name="the3rdimagazine">{{cite news|last=Birch|first=Phil|url=http://www.the3rdimagazine.co.uk/2011/06/inspirational-women-mumtaz-hussain/|title=Inspirational Women – Mumtaz Hussain|publisher=the3rdi magazine|date=6 July 2011|accessdate=1 February 2014|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203005850/http://www.the3rdimagazine.co.uk/2011/06/inspirational-women-mumtaz-hussain/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Mumtaz Hussain (solicitor)|Mumtaz Hussain]] {{spaced ndash}} solicitor and radio presenter; since 2010, she has presented ''Health and Healing with Mumtaz'' on RedShift Radio<ref name="the3rdimagazine">{{cite news|last=Birch|first=Phil|url=http://www.the3rdimagazine.co.uk/2011/06/inspirational-women-mumtaz-hussain/|title=Inspirational Women – Mumtaz Hussain|publisher=the3rdi magazine|date=6 July 2011|accessdate=1 February 2014|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203005850/http://www.the3rdimagazine.co.uk/2011/06/inspirational-women-mumtaz-hussain/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Nazir Afzal]] [[OBE]] – Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/s/1453615_a-passion-for-seeing-justice-done |title=A passion for seeing justice done |author=Paul Taylor |publisher=MEN Media |accessdate=22 July 2011 |date=26 July 2011 |archive-date=12 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112194824/http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/s/1453615_a-passion-for-seeing-justice-done |url-status=dead }}</ref> one of his first decisions in that role was to initiate prosecutions in the case of the [[Rochdale sex trafficking gang]] |
* [[Nazir Afzal]] [[OBE]] – Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/s/1453615_a-passion-for-seeing-justice-done |title=A passion for seeing justice done |author=Paul Taylor |publisher=MEN Media |accessdate=22 July 2011 |date=26 July 2011 |archive-date=12 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112194824/http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/s/1453615_a-passion-for-seeing-justice-done |url-status=dead }}</ref> one of his first decisions in that role was to initiate prosecutions in the case of the [[Rochdale sex trafficking gang]] |
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* [[Talha Ahmad]] {{spaced ndash}} British barrister and human rights activist. Treasurer of the [[Muslim Council of Britain|Muslim council of Britiain]] from 2016-2018. |
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==Literature and art== |
==Literature and art== |
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* [[Aamer Hussein]] – [[short story writer]] and critic.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/479084/from-english-to-urdu-aamer-hussein-discusses-his-transition/|title=From English to Urdu, Aamer Hussein discusses his transition|work=Express Tribune|date=13 December 2012|accessdate=13 December 2012}}</ref> |
* [[Aamer Hussein]] – [[short story writer]] and critic.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/479084/from-english-to-urdu-aamer-hussein-discusses-his-transition/|title=From English to Urdu, Aamer Hussein discusses his transition|work=Express Tribune|date=13 December 2012|accessdate=13 December 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[Abdur Rouf Choudhury]] – Bengali diaspora writer and philosopher; numerous literary awards from Bangladesh including the Granthomela award and life membership from [[Bangla Academy]]<ref name="abdurroufchoudhury">{{cite news |url=http://abdurroufchoudhury.webnode.com/|title=Biography|publisher=Abdur Rouf Choudhury}}</ref> |
* [[Abdur Rouf Choudhury]] – Bengali diaspora writer and philosopher; numerous literary awards from Bangladesh including the Granthomela award and life membership from [[Bangla Academy]]<ref name="abdurroufchoudhury">{{cite news |url=http://abdurroufchoudhury.webnode.com/|title=Biography|publisher=Abdur Rouf Choudhury}}</ref> |
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* [[Diriye Osman]] – Somali-British writer and visual artist<ref name=TeamAngelica>{{cite web|url=http://www.teamangelica.com/fairytales-for-lost-children |title=Fairytales for Lost Children |publisher=Team Angelica |accessdate=29 August 2013}}</ref> |
* [[Diriye Osman]] – Somali-British writer and visual artist<ref name=TeamAngelica>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamangelica.com/fairytales-for-lost-children |title=Fairytales for Lost Children |publisher=Team Angelica |accessdate=29 August 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054734/http://www.teamangelica.com/fairytales-for-lost-children |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Ed Husain|Mohammed Mahbub "Ed" Husain]] – author of ''[[The Islamist]]'', an account of his experience for five years with the [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]]<ref name="timeout">{{cite news |
* [[Ed Husain|Mohammed Mahbub "Ed" Husain]] – author of ''[[The Islamist]]'', an account of his experience for five years with the [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]]<ref name="timeout">{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/big-smoke/features/2872/islamic_extremists_in_the_east_end.html|title=Islamic extremists in the East End|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out London]]|date=1 May 2009|accessdate=15 February 2009|archive-date=18 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318051829/http://www.timeout.com/london/big-smoke/features/2872/Islamic_extremists_in_the_East_End.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Emran Mian]] – author and policy advisor at Whitehall<ref>{{cite news|author=Ree, Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Rée |title=Send in the Idiots, by Kamran Nazeer |work=The Independent |date=24 August 2006 |url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article359017.ece |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410213753/http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article359017.ece |archive-date=10 April 2007 }}</ref> |
* [[Emran Mian]] – author and policy advisor at Whitehall<ref>{{cite news|author=Ree, Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Rée |title=Send in the Idiots, by Kamran Nazeer |work=The Independent |date=24 August 2006 |url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article359017.ece |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410213753/http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article359017.ece |archive-date=10 April 2007 }}</ref> |
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* [[Ghulam Murshid]] – author, scholar and journalist; numerous literary awards from India and Bangladesh, including the [[Bangla Academy]] award<ref name="openlibrary">{{cite news |url=https://openlibrary.org/a/OL520257A/Ghulam_Murshid|title=Ghulam Murshid|publisher=Open Library|accessdate=10 March 2010}}</ref> |
* [[Ghulam Murshid]] – author, scholar and journalist; numerous literary awards from India and Bangladesh, including the [[Bangla Academy]] award<ref name="openlibrary">{{cite news |url=https://openlibrary.org/a/OL520257A/Ghulam_Murshid|title=Ghulam Murshid|publisher=Open Library|accessdate=10 March 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Shezad Dawood]] {{spaced ndash}} artist based in London<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/A/art4/artist_dawood.html|title=Channel4.com}}</ref> |
* [[Shezad Dawood]] {{spaced ndash}} artist based in London<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/A/art4/artist_dawood.html|title=Channel4.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Suhayl Saadi]] {{spaced ndash}} literary and erotic novelist and radio/stage playwright{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
* [[Suhayl Saadi]] {{spaced ndash}} literary and erotic novelist and radio/stage playwright{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
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* Tahir Rashid {{spaced ndash}} British-born poet, manager and entrepreneur in the Islamic media and Nasheed industry{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
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* [[Tahmima Anam]] {{spaced ndash}} author of ''[[A Golden Age]]'', the "Best First Book" winner of the 2008 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]]<ref name="observeranam">{{cite news |last= Thorpe|first= Vanessa|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1957367,00.html|title=New fiction star taps Bangladeshi roots|location= London|work=[[The Observer]]|date=26 November 2006|accessdate=1 January 2007}}</ref> |
* [[Tahmima Anam]] {{spaced ndash}} author of ''[[A Golden Age]]'', the "Best First Book" winner of the 2008 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]]<ref name="observeranam">{{cite news |last= Thorpe|first= Vanessa|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1957367,00.html|title=New fiction star taps Bangladeshi roots|location= London|work=[[The Observer]]|date=26 November 2006|accessdate=1 January 2007}}</ref> |
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* [[Vaseem Khan]] - writer, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency novels<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/insight/vaseem-khan-interview|title=Vaseem Khan: Interview The Bookseller|publisher=thebookseller.com|access-date=11 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412063012/http://www.thebookseller.com/insight/vaseem-khan-interview|archivedate=12 April 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
* [[Vaseem Khan]] - writer, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency novels<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/insight/vaseem-khan-interview|title=Vaseem Khan: Interview The Bookseller|publisher=thebookseller.com|access-date=11 April 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412063012/http://www.thebookseller.com/insight/vaseem-khan-interview|archivedate=12 April 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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* [[Muhammed Akbar Khan]] – served as a British recruit in the First World War and an officer in Second World War; first Muslim to become a general in the British Army<ref>{{cite web |url=http://history1800s.about.com/od/colonialwars/a/kabul1842.htm |title=Britain's Disastrous Retreat from Kabul |author=Robert McNamara |work=The New York Times Company |accessdate=15 July 2011 |archive-date=7 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007232907/http://history1800s.about.com/od/colonialwars/a/kabul1842.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
* [[Muhammed Akbar Khan]] – served as a British recruit in the First World War and an officer in Second World War; first Muslim to become a general in the British Army<ref>{{cite web |url=http://history1800s.about.com/od/colonialwars/a/kabul1842.htm |title=Britain's Disastrous Retreat from Kabul |author=Robert McNamara |work=The New York Times Company |accessdate=15 July 2011 |archive-date=7 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007232907/http://history1800s.about.com/od/colonialwars/a/kabul1842.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Tarique Ghaffur]] – high-ranking British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service; Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/18/tarique-ghaffur-muslim-helpline |title=Former senior Metropolitan police officer calls for Muslim helpline to tackle extremism |author=Riazat Butt |date=18 March 2009 |work= The Guardian |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
* [[Tarique Ghaffur]] – high-ranking British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service; Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/18/tarique-ghaffur-muslim-helpline |title=Former senior Metropolitan police officer calls for Muslim helpline to tackle extremism |author=Riazat Butt |date=18 March 2009 |work= The Guardian |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* Mabs Hussain – Assistant chief constable for the Greater Manchester Police. |
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* [[Faisal Rashid]] – former Labour MP for [[Warrington South (UK Parliament constituency)|Warrington South]], elected in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/labour-gain-stronghold-warrington-faisal-13160402|title=Labour gain stronghold in Warrington as Faisal Rashid snatches Tory seat|first=Amy|last=Coles|date=9 June 2017|website=liverpoolecho.co.uk|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref> [[Mayor of Warrington]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2016/05/23/first-muslim-mayor-for-warrington/|title=First Muslim Mayor for Warrington|date=23 May 2016|website=Warrington Worldwide|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref> |
* [[Faisal Rashid]] – former Labour MP for [[Warrington South (UK Parliament constituency)|Warrington South]], elected in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/labour-gain-stronghold-warrington-faisal-13160402|title=Labour gain stronghold in Warrington as Faisal Rashid snatches Tory seat|first=Amy|last=Coles|date=9 June 2017|website=liverpoolecho.co.uk|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref> [[Mayor of Warrington]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2016/05/23/first-muslim-mayor-for-warrington/|title=First Muslim Mayor for Warrington|date=23 May 2016|website=Warrington Worldwide|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref> |
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* [[Feryal Clark]] – [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who has served as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield North]] since the 2019 United Kingdom general election |
* [[Feryal Clark]] – [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who has served as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield North]] since the 2019 United Kingdom general election |
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* [[Imran Ahmad Khan]] – [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Wakefield]]<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=Wakefield Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001009 |website=BBC |accessdate=13 December 2019}}</ref> |
* [[Imran Ahmad Khan]] – Former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Wakefield]]<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=Wakefield Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001009 |website=BBC |accessdate=13 December 2019}}</ref> |
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* [[Imran Hussain (British politician)|Imran Hussain]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour MP for [[Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford East]] |
* [[Imran Hussain (British politician)|Imran Hussain]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour MP for [[Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford East]] |
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* [[Khalid Mahmood (politician, born 1961)|Khalid Mahmood]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour MP for [[Birmingham Perry Barr]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/09/01/perry-barr-mp-khalid-mahmood-warns-pakistan-cricket-scandal-could-hit-country-s-flood-victims-97319-27175928/|title=Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood warns Pakistan cricket scandal could hit country's flood victims |author=Catherine Lillington |work= |
* [[Khalid Mahmood (politician, born 1961)|Khalid Mahmood]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour MP for [[Birmingham Perry Barr]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/09/01/perry-barr-mp-khalid-mahmood-warns-pakistan-cricket-scandal-could-hit-country-s-flood-victims-97319-27175928/ |title=Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood warns Pakistan cricket scandal could hit country's flood victims |author=Catherine Lillington |work=Trinity Mirror Midlands |accessdate=15 July 2011 |date=September 2010 |archive-date=2 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002000231/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/09/01/perry-barr-mp-khalid-mahmood-warns-pakistan-cricket-scandal-could-hit-country-s-flood-victims-97319-27175928/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Mohammad Sarwar (politician)|Mohammad Sarwar]] {{spaced ndash}} former Labour MP for Glasgow Central;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/304006.stm |title=Vindication for UK's first Muslim MP |author=BBC News|date= 25 March 1999|publisher=BBC |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> first British Muslim and Pakistani origin MP |
* [[Mohammad Sarwar (politician)|Mohammad Sarwar]] {{spaced ndash}} former Labour MP for Glasgow Central;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/304006.stm |title=Vindication for UK's first Muslim MP |author=BBC News|date= 25 March 1999|publisher=BBC |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> first British Muslim and Pakistani origin MP |
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* [[Mohammad Yasin (politician)|Mohammad Yasin]] – Labour MP for [[Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedford]], elected in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Election results 2017: Labour takes Bedford and Kempston from Conservatives|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40210842|accessdate=9 June 2017|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=9 June 2017}}</ref> |
* [[Mohammad Yasin (politician)|Mohammad Yasin]] – Labour MP for [[Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedford]], elected in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Election results 2017: Labour takes Bedford and Kempston from Conservatives|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40210842|accessdate=9 June 2017|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=9 June 2017}}</ref> |
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* [[Shahid Malik]] {{spaced ndash}} former Labour MP for Dewsbury; Minister for International Development in Gordon Brown's government<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7498615/Chaplains-can-help-fight-against-Muslim-extremism-says-Shahid-Malik.html|title=Chaplains can help fight against Muslim extremism, says Shahid Malik |author=Religious Affairs Correspondent |date= 23 March 2010|publisher=Telegraph Media Group |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
* [[Shahid Malik]] {{spaced ndash}} former Labour MP for Dewsbury; Minister for International Development in Gordon Brown's government<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7498615/Chaplains-can-help-fight-against-Muslim-extremism-says-Shahid-Malik.html|title=Chaplains can help fight against Muslim extremism, says Shahid Malik |author=Religious Affairs Correspondent |date= 23 March 2010|publisher=Telegraph Media Group |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[Shabana Mahmood]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour MP For [[Birmingham Ladywood]] |
* [[Shabana Mahmood]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour MP For [[Birmingham Ladywood]] |
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* [[Tahir Ali]] – MP |
* [[Tahir Ali]] – Labour MP for [[Birmingham Hall Green]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000562|title=Birmingham Hall Green parliamentary constituency – Election 2019|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh]] {{spaced ndash}} former SNP MP for [[Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Ochil and South Perthshire]] |
* [[Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh]] {{spaced ndash}} former SNP MP for [[Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Ochil and South Perthshire]] |
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* [[Tulip Siddiq]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour MP for [[Hampstead and Kilburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampstead and Kilburn constituency]] |
* [[Tulip Siddiq]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour MP for [[Hampstead and Kilburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampstead and Kilburn constituency]] |
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* [[Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece|Meral, Baroness Hussein-Ece]] – Liberal Democrat life peeress |
* [[Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece|Meral, Baroness Hussein-Ece]] – Liberal Democrat life peeress |
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* [[Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh|Mohamed Iltaf, Lord Sheikh]] – Chairman of [[Conservative Muslim Forum]] |
* [[Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh|Mohamed Iltaf, Lord Sheikh]] – Chairman of [[Conservative Muslim Forum]] |
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* [[Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed|Nazir, Lord Ahmed]] – [[Crossbencher|Crossbench]] life peer, formerly Labour<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.upf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=556 |title=Lord Tarsem King of West Bromwich Tribute |
* [[Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed|Nazir, Lord Ahmed]] – [[Crossbencher|Crossbench]] life peer, formerly Labour<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.upf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=556 |title=Lord Tarsem King of West Bromwich Tribute |work=UPF UK |date=10 February 2013 |access-date=17 July 2013 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927121921/http://uk.upf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=556 |url-status=dead }}</ref> now retired.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/745014-lord-nazir-announces-retirement-from-house-of-lords|title = Lord Nazir announces retirement from House of Lords}}</ref> |
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* [[Nemat Shafik|Nemat Shafik, Baroness Shafik]] – served as the director of the London School of Economics since September 2017.<ref name="LSE2016">{{cite web|last1=The London School of Economics and Political Science|title=LSE appoints Deputy Governor of Bank of England as new Director|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2016/09/NewDirector.aspx|website=LSE Website|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://egyptindependent.com/egyptian-woman-becomes-permanent-member-of-uks-house-of-lords/|title = Egyptian woman becomes permanent member of UK's House of Lords|date = 3 August 2020}}</ref> |
* [[Nemat Shafik|Nemat Shafik, Baroness Shafik]] – served as the director of the London School of Economics since September 2017.<ref name="LSE2016">{{cite web|last1=The London School of Economics and Political Science|title=LSE appoints Deputy Governor of Bank of England as new Director|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2016/09/NewDirector.aspx|website=LSE Website|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://egyptindependent.com/egyptian-woman-becomes-permanent-member-of-uks-house-of-lords/|title = Egyptian woman becomes permanent member of UK's House of Lords|date = 3 August 2020}}</ref> |
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* [[Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik]] {{spaced ndash}} Conservative Baroness of [[Newton Mearns|Mearns]] in the County of Renfrewshire; former Chairman of CBI Scotland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2200797|title=Crown Office|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> |
* [[Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik]] {{spaced ndash}} Conservative Baroness of [[Newton Mearns|Mearns]] in the County of Renfrewshire; former Chairman of CBI Scotland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2200797|title=Crown Office|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> |
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* [[Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan]] {{spaced ndash}} Liberal Democrat and Baroness of [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] in the [[London Borough of Merton]] and of [[Tooting]] in the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61373 |date=6 October 2015 |page=18690}}</ref> |
* [[Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan]] {{spaced ndash}} Liberal Democrat and Baroness of [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] in the [[London Borough of Merton]] and of [[Tooting]] in the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61373 |date=6 October 2015 |page=18690}}</ref> |
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* [[Syed Kamall, Baron Kamall|Syed Salah Kamall, Baron Kamall]] {{spaced ndash}} Professor of Politics and International Relations at St Mary's University, Twickenham and the Academic & Research Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a classical liberal think tank in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iea.org.uk/media/syed-kamall-appointed-to-house-of-lords/|title = Syed Kamall appointed to House of Lords}}</ref> |
* [[Syed Kamall, Baron Kamall|Syed Salah Kamall, Baron Kamall]] {{spaced ndash}} Professor of Politics and International Relations at St Mary's University, Twickenham and the Academic & Research Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a classical liberal think tank in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iea.org.uk/media/syed-kamall-appointed-to-house-of-lords/|title = Syed Kamall appointed to House of Lords}}</ref> |
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* [[Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad|Tariq Mahmood, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon]] {{spaced ndash}} life peer |
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* [[Waheed Alli, Baron Alli|Waheed, Lord Alli]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour life peer |
* [[Waheed Alli, Baron Alli|Waheed, Lord Alli]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour life peer |
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* [[Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley|Wajid Khan, Baron Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour Baron of Burnley<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/763154-uk-house-of-lords-appoints-another-british-pakistani|title=British man of Pakistani origin appointed to UK's House of Lords|website=www.thenews.com.pk}}</ref> |
* [[Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley|Wajid Khan, Baron Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} Labour Baron of Burnley<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/763154-uk-house-of-lords-appoints-another-british-pakistani|title=British man of Pakistani origin appointed to UK's House of Lords|website=www.thenews.com.pk}}</ref> |
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* [[Foysol Choudhury]] - Labour MSP for Lothian<ref>{{cite news|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=16 February 2021|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/gender-balance-zipping-system-causes-labour-awkward-problem-ahead-holyrood-election-3135032|title=Gender-balance zipping causes awkward problem for Labour ahead of Holyrood election|access-date=5 May 2021|work=Edinburgh News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/meet-the-five-new-msps-just-elected-for-edinburgh-and-the-lothians-3229796|title=Edinburgh's elections 2021: Meet the five new MSPs for Edinburgh and the Lothians|website=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com|date=9 May 2021 }}</ref> |
* [[Foysol Choudhury]] - Labour MSP for Lothian<ref>{{cite news|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=16 February 2021|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/gender-balance-zipping-system-causes-labour-awkward-problem-ahead-holyrood-election-3135032|title=Gender-balance zipping causes awkward problem for Labour ahead of Holyrood election|access-date=5 May 2021|work=Edinburgh News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/meet-the-five-new-msps-just-elected-for-edinburgh-and-the-lothians-3229796|title=Edinburgh's elections 2021: Meet the five new MSPs for Edinburgh and the Lothians|website=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com|date=9 May 2021 }}</ref> |
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* [[Hanzala Malik]] – Labour MSP for Glasgow |
* [[Hanzala Malik]] – Labour MSP for Glasgow |
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* [[Humza Yousaf]] – SNP [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] for Glasgow and [[Minister |
* [[Humza Yousaf]] – SNP [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] for Glasgow and [[First Minister of Scotland]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/Humza-Yousaf-MSP.aspx |title=Humza Yousaf - MSPS : Scottish Parliament |accessdate=11 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312012232/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/Humza-Yousaf-MSP.aspx |archive-date=12 March 2016 }}</ref> |
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* [[Kaukab Stewart]], SNP MSP for Glasgow Kelvin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/elections/holyrood-set-welcome-first-muslim-bame-woman-msp/|title = Holyrood set to welcome first Muslim/ BAME woman MSP}}</ref> |
* [[Kaukab Stewart]], SNP MSP for Glasgow Kelvin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/elections/holyrood-set-welcome-first-muslim-bame-woman-msp/|title = Holyrood set to welcome first Muslim/ BAME woman MSP}}</ref> |
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* [[Chauhdry Abdul Rashid]] – former Lord Mayor of Birmingham<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7891152.stm|title=BBC NEWS – England – New counter-terrorism campaign|website=news.bbc.co.uk|date=15 February 2009}}</ref> |
* [[Chauhdry Abdul Rashid]] – former Lord Mayor of Birmingham<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7891152.stm|title=BBC NEWS – England – New counter-terrorism campaign|website=news.bbc.co.uk|date=15 February 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[Lutfur Rahman (British politician)|Lutfur Rahman]] – Cllr, community activist, local [[Independent politician|Independent]] politician; became the first [[directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets]] in 2010; first Bangladeshi leader of the council<ref name="guardianlutfurrahman">{{cite news |last=Hill|first=Dave|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/davehillblog/2010/aug/22/tower-hamlets-labour-mayoral-cnadidate-selection-lutfur-rahman|title=Tower Hamlets: Labour selects its mayoral candidate|work= The Guardian|date=22 August 2010|accessdate=21 September 2010}}</ref> |
* [[Lutfur Rahman (British politician)|Lutfur Rahman]] – Cllr, community activist, local [[Independent politician|Independent]] politician; became the first [[directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets]] in 2010; first Bangladeshi leader of the council<ref name="guardianlutfurrahman">{{cite news |last=Hill|first=Dave|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/davehillblog/2010/aug/22/tower-hamlets-labour-mayoral-cnadidate-selection-lutfur-rahman|title=Tower Hamlets: Labour selects its mayoral candidate|work= The Guardian|date=22 August 2010|accessdate=21 September 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Mohammed Ajeeb]] – former [[Lord Mayor]] of [[Bradford]]; first Asian (Pakistani) Lord Mayor in the UK<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/news_behind/10010230.A_rough_road_to_true_democracy_for_Pakistan/|title=A rough road to true democracy for Pakistan|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref> |
* [[Mohammed Ajeeb]] – former [[Lord Mayor]] of [[Bradford]]; first Asian (Pakistani) Lord Mayor in the UK<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/news_behind/10010230.A_rough_road_to_true_democracy_for_Pakistan/|title=A rough road to true democracy for Pakistan|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=26 October 2012 }}</ref> |
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* [[Rokhsana Fiaz]] – Labour Party politician serving as [[Mayor of Newham]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/may/03/local-elections-council-england-2018-tories-labour-corbyn-may |title=Almost 4,000 people may have been denied vote by election ID pilots |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 May 2018 |accessdate=4 May 2018}}</ref> |
* [[Rokhsana Fiaz]] – Labour Party politician serving as [[Mayor of Newham]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/may/03/local-elections-council-england-2018-tories-labour-corbyn-may |title=Almost 4,000 people may have been denied vote by election ID pilots |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 May 2018 |accessdate=4 May 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[Sadiq Khan]] – elected [[Mayor of London]] in May 2016 |
* [[Sadiq Khan]] – elected [[Mayor of London]] in May 2016 |
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* [[Mohammad Naseem]] {{spaced ndash}} former GP and the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/08/08/dr_naseem_feature.shtml |title=Dr Naseem: Have your say |author=BBC Birmingham |publisher=BBC |accessdate=15 July 2011 |archive-date=5 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205030805/http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/08/08/dr_naseem_feature.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
* [[Mohammad Naseem]] {{spaced ndash}} former GP and the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/08/08/dr_naseem_feature.shtml |title=Dr Naseem: Have your say |author=BBC Birmingham |publisher=BBC |accessdate=15 July 2011 |archive-date=5 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205030805/http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/08/08/dr_naseem_feature.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Musharraf Hussain]] – scientist, educator and religious scholar in [[Nottinghamshire]]<ref>{{cite news |title='Trusted' officials make plea |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3689172.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date=25 September 2004 |accessdate=6 January 2010 }}</ref> |
* [[Musharraf Hussain]] – scientist, educator and religious scholar in [[Nottinghamshire]]<ref>{{cite news |title='Trusted' officials make plea |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3689172.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date=25 September 2004 |accessdate=6 January 2010 }}</ref> |
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* [[Mufti Saiful Islam|Saiful Islam]] – [[Mufti]] and the founder, principal and director of Jamiah Khatamun Nabiyeen (JKN).<ref name=muhammadmujiburrahman>{{cite web|url=http://muhammadmujiburrahman.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/brief-biography-of-shaykh-mufti-saiful-islam/|title=About Shaykh Mufti Saiful Islam|publisher=Muhammad Mujibur-Rahman|date=3 September 2010|accessdate=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227054707/http://muhammadmujiburrahman.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/brief-biography-of-shaykh-mufti-saiful-islam/|archive-date=27 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Saleem Kidwai (Muslim Council of Wales)|Saleem Sidwai]] {{spaced ndash}} accountant and Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Wales<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/02/10/muslims-don-t-want-sharia-law-91466-20456957/|title=Muslims 'don't want Sharia law'|last=Evans|first=Catherine|date=10 February 2008|work=WalesOnline|accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Saleem Kidwai (Muslim Council of Wales)|Saleem Sidwai]] {{spaced ndash}} accountant and Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Wales<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/02/10/muslims-don-t-want-sharia-law-91466-20456957/|title=Muslims 'don't want Sharia law'|last=Evans|first=Catherine|date=10 February 2008|work=WalesOnline|accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Vilayat Inayat Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} eldest son of Sufi Murshid Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sufiorder.org/biographies.html |title=Biographies |publisher=Sufi Order International |accessdate=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718100603/http://www.sufiorder.org/biographies.html |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref> |
* [[Vilayat Inayat Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} eldest son of Sufi Murshid Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sufiorder.org/biographies.html |title=Biographies |publisher=Sufi Order International |accessdate=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718100603/http://www.sufiorder.org/biographies.html |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref> |
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* [[Qanta Ahmed]] – physician specializing in [[sleep disorders]]. She is also an author and a newspaper columnist<ref name="winthrop">{{Citation | url = http://www.winthrop.org/departments/specialtycenters/sleep-disorders-center/sleep-disorder-center-team.cfm?qanta-ahmed | title = Sleep Medicine Specialist | publisher = Winthrop University Hospital | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110911043807/http://www.winthrop.org/departments/specialtycenters/sleep-disorders-center/sleep-disorder-center-team.cfm?qanta-ahmed | archive-date = 11 September 2011 }}.</ref> |
* [[Qanta Ahmed]] – physician specializing in [[sleep disorders]]. She is also an author and a newspaper columnist<ref name="winthrop">{{Citation | url = http://www.winthrop.org/departments/specialtycenters/sleep-disorders-center/sleep-disorder-center-team.cfm?qanta-ahmed | title = Sleep Medicine Specialist | publisher = Winthrop University Hospital | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110911043807/http://www.winthrop.org/departments/specialtycenters/sleep-disorders-center/sleep-disorder-center-team.cfm?qanta-ahmed | archive-date = 11 September 2011 }}.</ref> |
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* [[Rozina Ali]] {{spaced ndash}} [[Microsurgery|microvascular]] [[Reconstructive surgery|reconstructive]] [[Plastic surgery|plastic]] surgeon and [[Consultant (medicine)|consultant]] with a specialist interest in [[breast reconstruction]]; television presenter<ref name="eveningnews24">{{cite news|last=Bale|first=David|url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/norwich_plastic_surgeon_rozina_ali_a_happy_person_will_always_look_good_1_1486551l|title=Norwich plastic surgeon Rozina Ali: 'A happy person will always look good'|location=Norwich|work=[[Norwich Evening News]]|date=20 August 2013|accessdate=1 February 2013}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
* [[Rozina Ali]] {{spaced ndash}} [[Microsurgery|microvascular]] [[Reconstructive surgery|reconstructive]] [[Plastic surgery|plastic]] surgeon and [[Consultant (medicine)|consultant]] with a specialist interest in [[breast reconstruction]]; television presenter<ref name="eveningnews24">{{cite news|last=Bale|first=David|url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/norwich_plastic_surgeon_rozina_ali_a_happy_person_will_always_look_good_1_1486551l|title=Norwich plastic surgeon Rozina Ali: 'A happy person will always look good'|location=Norwich|work=[[Norwich Evening News]]|date=20 August 2013|accessdate=1 February 2013}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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* [[Sheraz Daya]] {{spaced ndash}} [[ophthalmologist]] and eye surgeon, best known for his founding of the Centre for Sight in 1996 and use of stem-cell research during sight recovery surgery<ref name=White>{{cite web |url=http://www.opticianonline.net/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=17694&PrinterFriendly=true |author=Emma White |title=Feature: Center for Sight |accessdate=6 March 2013 |publisher=Optician Online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021737/http://www.opticianonline.net/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=17694&PrinterFriendly=true |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centreforsight.com/about-us/who-are-we/surgeons/sheraz-daya |date=10 November 2012 |accessdate=29 April 2013 |title=Sheraz Daya}}</ref> |
* [[Sheraz Daya]] {{spaced ndash}} [[ophthalmologist]] and eye surgeon, best known for his founding of the Centre for Sight in 1996 and use of stem-cell research during sight recovery surgery<ref name=White>{{cite web |url=http://www.opticianonline.net/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=17694&PrinterFriendly=true |author=Emma White |title=Feature: Center for Sight |accessdate=6 March 2013 |publisher=Optician Online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021737/http://www.opticianonline.net/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=17694&PrinterFriendly=true |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centreforsight.com/about-us/who-are-we/surgeons/sheraz-daya |date=10 November 2012 |accessdate=29 April 2013 |title=Sheraz Daya |archive-date=29 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429021334/http://www.centreforsight.com/about-us/who-are-we/surgeons/sheraz-daya |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Tipu Aziz|Tipu Zahed Aziz]] {{spaced ndash}} Professor of [[neurosurgery]] at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford; lecturer at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] and Imperial College London medical school<ref name="oxfordprivatehealth"/> |
* [[Tipu Aziz|Tipu Zahed Aziz]] {{spaced ndash}} Professor of [[neurosurgery]] at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford; lecturer at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] and Imperial College London medical school<ref name="oxfordprivatehealth"/> |
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* [[Alimuddin Zumla]] {{spaced ndash}} Director of infectious diseases, University College Hospital, London |
* [[Alimuddin Zumla]] {{spaced ndash}} Director of infectious diseases, University College Hospital, London |
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* [[Adil Anwar]] {{spaced ndash}} British light-welterweight boxer and multiple title winner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adilanwar.co.uk/home.php |title=The Platinum Kid |author=Adil Anwar |publisher=Lemon Web Service |accessdate=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128211153/http://www.adilanwar.co.uk/home.php |archive-date=28 January 2010 }}</ref> |
* [[Adil Anwar]] {{spaced ndash}} British light-welterweight boxer and multiple title winner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adilanwar.co.uk/home.php |title=The Platinum Kid |author=Adil Anwar |publisher=Lemon Web Service |accessdate=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128211153/http://www.adilanwar.co.uk/home.php |archive-date=28 January 2010 }}</ref> |
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* [[Adnan Amar]] {{spaced ndash}} British light-middleweight boxer, multiple title winner<ref>[http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=48911&cat=boxer "Adnan Amar"], BoxRec.</ref> |
* [[Adnan Amar]] {{spaced ndash}} British light-middleweight boxer, multiple title winner<ref>[http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=48911&cat=boxer "Adnan Amar"], BoxRec.</ref> |
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* [[Amer Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} former undefeated light-heavyweight boxer, Central Area championship winner |
* [[Amer Khan (boxer)|Amer Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} former undefeated light-heavyweight boxer, Central Area championship winner |
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* [[Amir Khan (British boxer)|Amir Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} British light-welterweight Boxer, 2004 Olympics silver medalist, and former world champion |
* [[Amir Khan (British boxer)|Amir Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} British light-welterweight Boxer, 2004 Olympics silver medalist, and former world champion |
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* [[Hamzah Sheeraz]] – British light-middleweight boxer, WBO European title champion<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rye|first=Shaun|date=6 July 2020|title=Hamzah Sheeraz: "I want to get myself in a position to fight for a world title."|url=https://www.esbrboxing.com/post/hamzah-sheeraz-i-want-to-get-myself-in-a-position-to-fight-for-a-world-title|access-date=17 September 2020|website=ESBR|language=en}}</ref> |
* [[Hamzah Sheeraz]] – British light-middleweight boxer, WBO European title champion<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rye|first=Shaun|date=6 July 2020|title=Hamzah Sheeraz: "I want to get myself in a position to fight for a world title."|url=https://www.esbrboxing.com/post/hamzah-sheeraz-i-want-to-get-myself-in-a-position-to-fight-for-a-world-title|access-date=17 September 2020|website=ESBR|language=en}}</ref> |
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* [[Haroon Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} super-flyweight boxer and commonwealth bronze medalist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/khan-wins-bronze-madal-for-pakistan-2103808.html |title=Khan wins bronze madal for Pakistan |date= 11 October 2010|work= [[The Independent]] |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
* [[Haroon Khan (boxer)|Haroon Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} super-flyweight boxer and commonwealth bronze medalist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/khan-wins-bronze-madal-for-pakistan-2103808.html |title=Khan wins bronze madal for Pakistan |date= 11 October 2010|work= [[The Independent]] |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[Jawaid Khaliq]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] {{spaced ndash}} first British Asian to win a world title belt<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/sense_of_place/voices/jawaid_khaliq.shtml "My Meadows – Jawaid Khaliq – World boxing champion "], BBC Nottingham, 24 September 2014</ref> |
* [[Jawaid Khaliq]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] {{spaced ndash}} first British Asian to win a world title belt<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/sense_of_place/voices/jawaid_khaliq.shtml "My Meadows – Jawaid Khaliq – World boxing champion "], BBC Nottingham, 24 September 2014</ref> |
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* [[Muhammad Ali (British boxer)|Muhammad Ali]] – Olympic boxer |
* [[Muhammad Ali (British boxer)|Muhammad Ali]] – Olympic boxer |
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* [[Usman Afzaal]] {{spaced ndash}} cricketer who has played three Test matches for England<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/311606.html |title=Usman Afzaal |publisher=ESPNC EMEA |accessdate=15 July 2011|date=19 September 2007 }}</ref> |
* [[Usman Afzaal]] {{spaced ndash}} cricketer who has played three Test matches for England<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/311606.html |title=Usman Afzaal |publisher=ESPNC EMEA |accessdate=15 July 2011|date=19 September 2007 }}</ref> |
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* [[Waqar Mohammad]] {{spaced ndash}}former Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowled leg break<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37335/List_A_Matches.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=www.cricketarchive.com}}</ref> |
* [[Waqar Mohammad]] {{spaced ndash}}former Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowled leg break<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37335/List_A_Matches.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=www.cricketarchive.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Wasim Khan]] [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] {{spaced ndash}} first British-born Pakistani to play professional cricket in England; a talented left-handed batsman who also bowled right-arm medium pace<ref name="Brim">{{cite web | url=http://www.brimfullofpassion.co.uk | title=A brimful of passion | accessdate=15 June 2013}}</ref> |
* [[Wasim Khan]] [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] {{spaced ndash}} first British-born Pakistani to play professional cricket in England; a talented left-handed batsman who also bowled right-arm medium pace<ref name="Brim">{{cite web | url=http://www.brimfullofpassion.co.uk/ | title=A brimful of passion | accessdate=15 June 2013 | archive-date=2 July 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702220435/http://brimfullofpassion.co.uk/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Zafar Ansari]] {{spaced ndash}} English cricketer who plays for Cambridge University and [[Surrey County Cricket Club]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/435682.html |title=Group A: Sussex v Surrey at Hove, 4 September 2010 |work=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=4 June 2013 }}</ref> |
* [[Zafar Ansari]] {{spaced ndash}} English cricketer who plays for Cambridge University and [[Surrey County Cricket Club]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/435682.html |title=Group A: Sussex v Surrey at Hove, 4 September 2010 |work=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=4 June 2013 }}</ref> |
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* [[Zoheb Sharif]] – left-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10642/10642.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=cricketarchive.com}}</ref> |
* [[Zoheb Sharif]] – left-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10642/10642.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=cricketarchive.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Adil Nabi]] {{spaced ndash}} [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Nabi brothers tipped for Premier League success at West Brom|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11698/9269225/nabi-brothers-tipped-for-premier-league-success-at-west-brom|accessdate=20 October 2015|work=Sky Sports|date=17 April 2014}}</ref> |
* [[Adil Nabi]] {{spaced ndash}} [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Nabi brothers tipped for Premier League success at West Brom|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11698/9269225/nabi-brothers-tipped-for-premier-league-success-at-west-brom|accessdate=20 October 2015|work=Sky Sports|date=17 April 2014}}</ref> |
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* [[Adnan Ahmed]] {{spaced ndash}} footballer, playing for [[Tranmere Rovers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/aberdeen/2010/07/16/aberdeen-eye-move-for-pakistan-star-adnan-ahmed-86908-22416820/|title=Aberdeen eye move for Pakistan star Adnan Ahmed |work= Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail |accessdate=15 July 2011|date=15 July 2010 }}</ref> |
* [[Adnan Ahmed]] {{spaced ndash}} footballer, playing for [[Tranmere Rovers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/aberdeen/2010/07/16/aberdeen-eye-move-for-pakistan-star-adnan-ahmed-86908-22416820/|title=Aberdeen eye move for Pakistan star Adnan Ahmed |work= Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail |accessdate=15 July 2011|date=15 July 2010 }}</ref> |
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* [[Amjad Iqbal]] {{spaced ndash}} footballer, playing for [[Farsley Celtic F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/sport/latest/display.var.1745722.0.call_up_for_amjad_and_adam.php |title=Call up for Amjad and Adam |author=Asian Image |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Amjad Iqbal]] {{spaced ndash}} footballer, playing for [[Farsley Celtic F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/sport/latest/display.var.1745722.0.call_up_for_amjad_and_adam.php |title=Call up for Amjad and Adam |author=Asian Image |date=7 October 2007 |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Anwar Uddin]] {{spaced ndash}} professional footballer who plays as a defender; after joining [[Dagenham and Redbridge]] he became first British Asian to captain a side in the top four divisions;<ref name="telegraphuddin">{{cite news |first=Patrick|last=Nathanson|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2318501/Anwar-Uddin-to-lead-Dagenham-and-Redbridge.html|title=Anwar Uddin to lead Dagenham and Redbridge |location= London|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=8 August 2007|accessdate=5 December 2008}}</ref> plays for [[Sutton United F.C.|Sutton United]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.suttonunited.net/news.php#1620 |title=U's sign ex-Daggers captain |publisher=Sutton United F.C. |date=3 February 2012 |accessdate=3 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512064011/http://www.suttonunited.net/news.php |archive-date=12 May 2016 }}</ref> |
* [[Anwar Uddin]] {{spaced ndash}} professional footballer who plays as a defender; after joining [[Dagenham and Redbridge]] he became first British Asian to captain a side in the top four divisions;<ref name="telegraphuddin">{{cite news |first=Patrick|last=Nathanson|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2318501/Anwar-Uddin-to-lead-Dagenham-and-Redbridge.html|title=Anwar Uddin to lead Dagenham and Redbridge |location= London|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=8 August 2007|accessdate=5 December 2008}}</ref> plays for [[Sutton United F.C.|Sutton United]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.suttonunited.net/news.php#1620 |title=U's sign ex-Daggers captain |publisher=Sutton United F.C. |date=3 February 2012 |accessdate=3 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512064011/http://www.suttonunited.net/news.php |archive-date=12 May 2016 }}</ref> |
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* [[Atif Bashir]] {{spaced ndash}} footballer with a British Pakistani father and a Turkish mother<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/8608030/Pictures-of-the-day-30-June-2011.html?image=19|title=Pictures of the day |date= 30 June 2011|work= The Telegraph |accessdate=15 July 2011|location=London}}</ref> |
* [[Atif Bashir]] {{spaced ndash}} footballer with a British Pakistani father and a Turkish mother<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/8608030/Pictures-of-the-day-30-June-2011.html?image=19|title=Pictures of the day |date= 30 June 2011|work= The Telegraph |accessdate=15 July 2011|location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[Shahed Ahmed]] {{spaced ndash}} former professional footballer who played as a striker for [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.givemefootball.com/player-profiles/anwar-uddin|title=Shahed Ahmed Profile Profile|publisher=Player history|access-date=1 July 2012|archive-date=2 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402234115/http://www.givemefootball.com/player-profiles/anwar-uddin|url-status=dead}}</ref> He plays for [[Sporting Bengal United F.C.|Sporting Bengal United]].<ref name="nonleaguedaily">{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=73502|title=safety net associates kent league round-up|publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com|date=6 February 2011|accessdate=1 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003031052/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=73502|archive-date=3 October 2012}}</ref> |
* [[Shahed Ahmed]] {{spaced ndash}} former professional footballer who played as a striker for [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.givemefootball.com/player-profiles/anwar-uddin|title=Shahed Ahmed Profile Profile|publisher=Player history|access-date=1 July 2012|archive-date=2 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402234115/http://www.givemefootball.com/player-profiles/anwar-uddin|url-status=dead}}</ref> He plays for [[Sporting Bengal United F.C.|Sporting Bengal United]].<ref name="nonleaguedaily">{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=73502|title=safety net associates kent league round-up|publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com|date=6 February 2011|accessdate=1 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003031052/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=73502|archive-date=3 October 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[Tahmina Begum]]{{spaced ndash}} football referee and PE assistant; in 2010, she became the first qualified female referee of Bangladeshi descent in the UK<ref name="london24">{{cite news|last=Kvist |first=Else |url=http://www.london24.com/news/olympic_torch_carried_through_stepney_green_park_by_first_bangladeshi_woman_football_referee_in_tower_hamlets_1_1454610 |title=Olympic torch carried through Stepney Green Park by first Bangladeshi woman football referee in Tower Hamlets |work=[[Archant|London 24]] |date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=8 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723064415/http://www.london24.com/news/olympic_torch_carried_through_stepney_green_park_by_first_bangladeshi_woman_football_referee_in_tower_hamlets_1_1454610 |archive-date=23 July 2012 }}</ref><ref name="eastlondonadvertiser">{{cite news|last=Kvist|first=Else|url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/olympic_torch_carried_through_stepney_green_park_by_first_bangladeshi_woman_football_referee_in_tower_hamlets_1_1454610|title=Olympic torch carried through Stepney Green Park by first Bangladeshi woman football referee in Tower Hamlets|work=[[Archant|The Docklands & East London Advertiser]]|date=21 July 2012|accessdate=8 November 2012|archive-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807180925/http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/olympic_torch_carried_through_stepney_green_park_by_first_bangladeshi_woman_football_referee_in_tower_hamlets_1_1454610|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Tahmina Begum]]{{spaced ndash}} football referee and PE assistant; in 2010, she became the first qualified female referee of Bangladeshi descent in the UK<ref name="london24">{{cite news|last=Kvist |first=Else |url=http://www.london24.com/news/olympic_torch_carried_through_stepney_green_park_by_first_bangladeshi_woman_football_referee_in_tower_hamlets_1_1454610 |title=Olympic torch carried through Stepney Green Park by first Bangladeshi woman football referee in Tower Hamlets |work=[[Archant|London 24]] |date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=8 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723064415/http://www.london24.com/news/olympic_torch_carried_through_stepney_green_park_by_first_bangladeshi_woman_football_referee_in_tower_hamlets_1_1454610 |archive-date=23 July 2012 }}</ref><ref name="eastlondonadvertiser">{{cite news|last=Kvist|first=Else|url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/olympic_torch_carried_through_stepney_green_park_by_first_bangladeshi_woman_football_referee_in_tower_hamlets_1_1454610|title=Olympic torch carried through Stepney Green Park by first Bangladeshi woman football referee in Tower Hamlets|work=[[Archant|The Docklands & East London Advertiser]]|date=21 July 2012|accessdate=8 November 2012|archive-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807180925/http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/olympic_torch_carried_through_stepney_green_park_by_first_bangladeshi_woman_football_referee_in_tower_hamlets_1_1454610|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Usman Gondal]]{{spaced ndash}} retired British-born Pakistani international footballer; retired in 2007 |
* [[Usman Gondal]]{{spaced ndash}} retired British-born Pakistani international footballer; retired in 2007 |
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* [[Zesh Rehman|Zeeshan Rehman]] {{spaced ndash}} football defender for [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.]]; first Pakistani and British Asian to play in the Premiership with [[Fulham F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeshrehman.com/|title=Premiership Footballer |publisher=Alvi pixels |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://citynewslive.com/fullstory2k5-insight-Football+fans+sore+Zesh+Rehman-status-26-newsID-69853.html |title=Football fans sore with Zesh Rehman's Pakistan turn |publisher=Onlypunjab.com |accessdate=15 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312230442/http://citynewslive.com/fullstory2k5-insight-Football+fans+sore+Zesh+Rehman-status-26-newsID-69853.html |archive-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
* [[Zesh Rehman|Zeeshan Rehman]] {{spaced ndash}} football defender for [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.]]; first Pakistani and British Asian to play in the Premiership with [[Fulham F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeshrehman.com/|title=Premiership Footballer |publisher=Alvi pixels |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://citynewslive.com/fullstory2k5-insight-Football+fans+sore+Zesh+Rehman-status-26-newsID-69853.html |title=Football fans sore with Zesh Rehman's Pakistan turn |publisher=Onlypunjab.com |accessdate=15 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312230442/http://citynewslive.com/fullstory2k5-insight-Football+fans+sore+Zesh+Rehman-status-26-newsID-69853.html |archive-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Zidane Iqbal]] - professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for [[Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy|Manchester United U23]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/2163099|title=Premier League clubs publish 2020/21 retained lists|date=4 June 2021|accessdate=3 August 2021|website=premierleague.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/zidane-iqbal-interview-with-the-fa-to-mark-south-asian-heritage-month|title = Man Utd midfielder Zidane Iqbal speaks to the FA for South Asian Heritage Month}}</ref> |
* [[Zidane Iqbal]] - professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for [[Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy|Manchester United U23]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/2163099|title=Premier League clubs publish 2020/21 retained lists|date=4 June 2021|accessdate=3 August 2021|website=premierleague.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/zidane-iqbal-interview-with-the-fa-to-mark-south-asian-heritage-month|title = Man Utd midfielder Zidane Iqbal speaks to the FA for South Asian Heritage Month}}</ref> |
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* [[Aadel Kardooni]]{{spaced ndash}} former [[Leicester Tigers]] and [[England Saxons|England A]] rugby player<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/3447882/England-are-rugbys-true-Rainbow-Nation-Rugby-Union.html . |
* [[Aadel Kardooni]]{{spaced ndash}} former [[Leicester Tigers]] and [[England Saxons|England A]] rugby player<ref>{{Cite web |title=New England are rugby's true 'Rainbow Nation' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/3447882/England-are-rugbys-true-Rainbow-Nation-Rugby-Union.html |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=12 November 2008 }}</ref> |
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* [[Abdi Jama]] {{spaced ndash}} [[wheelchair basketball]] player, selected to play for [[Team GB]] in the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London |
* [[Abdi Jama]] {{spaced ndash}} [[wheelchair basketball]] player, selected to play for [[Team GB]] in the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London |
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* [[Adam Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} racing driver from Bridlington, Yorkshire; represents Pakistan in the A1 Grand Prix series; demonstration driver for the Renault F1 racing team<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2009/5/9417.html |title=Q&A with Renault demo driver Adam Khan |author=F1 |publisher=Formula One World Championship |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Adam Khan]] {{spaced ndash}} racing driver from Bridlington, Yorkshire; represents Pakistan in the A1 Grand Prix series; demonstration driver for the Renault F1 racing team<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2009/5/9417.html |title=Q&A with Renault demo driver Adam Khan |author=F1 |publisher=Formula One World Championship |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Adam Gemili]] {{spaced ndash}} sprinter of Iranian and Moroccan heritage{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
* [[Adam Gemili]] {{spaced ndash}} sprinter of Iranian and Moroccan heritage{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
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* [[Aamir Ghaffar]] – English [[badminton]] player<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/badminton/3118941/Aamir-Ghaffar-retires-from-Internationals-Badminton.html|title=Aamir Ghaffar retires from Internationals|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=October 2008}}</ref> |
* [[Aamir Ghaffar]] – English [[badminton]] player<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/badminton/3118941/Aamir-Ghaffar-retires-from-Internationals-Badminton.html|title=Aamir Ghaffar retires from Internationals|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=October 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[Bulbul Hussain]] {{spaced ndash}} wheelchair rugby player; plays mostly in a defensive role for Kent Crusaders and the [[Great Britain at the Olympics|Great Britain]] paralympic team; in 2008 and 2012, he played for Great Britain at the [[Paralympic Games]]<ref name="thedailystarhussain">{{cite news |
* [[Bulbul Hussain]] {{spaced ndash}} wheelchair rugby player; plays mostly in a defensive role for Kent Crusaders and the [[Great Britain at the Olympics|Great Britain]] paralympic team; in 2008 and 2012, he played for Great Britain at the [[Paralympic Games]]<ref name="thedailystarhussain">{{cite news|last=Ullah|first=Ansar Ahmed|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=248542|title=Bengali rugby star Bulbul eyes gold|work=The Daily Star|date=6 September 2012|accessdate=1 July 2013|archive-date=1 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301022030/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=248542|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Enaam Ahmed]] – British F3 racing driver, series' youngest-ever champion at 17 years old<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/may-2015/113/road-simon-arron | title=On the road with Simon Arron | Motor Sport Magazine Archive| date=23 September 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Enaam Ahmed]] – British F3 racing driver, series' youngest-ever champion at 17 years old<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/may-2015/113/road-simon-arron | title=On the road with Simon Arron | Motor Sport Magazine Archive| date=23 September 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Gaz Choudhry]] {{spaced ndash}} [[wheelchair basketball]] player who was selected to play for [[British Paralympic Association|Paralympics GB]] in the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London<ref name="GB Paralympics">{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/gaz-choudhry|title=Gaz Choudhry|publisher=British Paralympic Association|accessdate=20 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818230052/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/gaz-choudhry|archive-date=18 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Gaz Choudhry]] {{spaced ndash}} [[wheelchair basketball]] player who was selected to play for [[British Paralympic Association|Paralympics GB]] in the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London<ref name="GB Paralympics">{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/gaz-choudhry|title=Gaz Choudhry|publisher=British Paralympic Association|accessdate=20 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818230052/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/gaz-choudhry|archive-date=18 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Hiddy Jahan]] – [[squash (sport)|squash]] player who was ranked among the top-6 players in the world from 1970 through to 1986<ref>{{cite web|url= |
* [[Hiddy Jahan]] – [[squash (sport)|squash]] player who was ranked among the top-6 players in the world from 1970 through to 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/1252-hiddy-jahan|title=Squash Info – Hiddy Jahan – Squash|first=Squash|last=Info|website=www.squashinfo.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Ikram Butt]] {{spaced ndash}} former professional [[rugby league]] footballer; first south Asian to play either code of international rugby for England, in 1995; founder of the British Asian Rugby Association and the British Pakistani rugby league team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/oct/28/ikram-butt-interview-rugby-community |title=Trying times |author=Chris Arnot |date= 28 October 2009|work= The Guardian |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
* [[Ikram Butt]] {{spaced ndash}} former professional [[rugby league]] footballer; first south Asian to play either code of international rugby for England, in 1995; founder of the British Asian Rugby Association and the British Pakistani rugby league team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/oct/28/ikram-butt-interview-rugby-community |title=Trying times |author=Chris Arnot |date= 28 October 2009|work= The Guardian |accessdate=15 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* [[Imran Majid]] {{spaced ndash}} professional British pool player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snookerclub.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?story=100218 |title=Imran Majid Back on Form |publisher=Snookerclub |accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> |
* [[Imran Majid]] {{spaced ndash}} professional British pool player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snookerclub.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?story=100218 |title=Imran Majid Back on Form |publisher=Snookerclub |accessdate=15 July 2011 |archive-date=3 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003081251/http://www.snookerclub.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?story=100218 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Imran Sherwani]] {{spaced ndash}} former English [[field hockey]] player; was capped 45 times for Great Britain and 49 times for England<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/hockey/3861363.stm | work=BBC News | first=Saj | last=Chowdhury | title=Where were the Germans? | date=2 July 2004}}</ref> |
* [[Imran Sherwani]] {{spaced ndash}} former English [[field hockey]] player; was capped 45 times for Great Britain and 49 times for England<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/hockey/3861363.stm | work=BBC News | first=Saj | last=Chowdhury | title=Where were the Germans? | date=2 July 2004}}</ref> |
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* [[Kamran Panjavi]]{{spaced ndash}} weightlifter at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk"/> |
* [[Kamran Panjavi]]{{spaced ndash}} weightlifter at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk"/> |
Revision as of 17:08, 27 June 2024
This is a list of notable British Muslims.
Academia and education
- Haroon Ahmed – Emeritus Professor of Microelectronics at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of the University of Cambridge[1]
- Sara Ahmed – Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths[2] and academic working at the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism
- Shabbir Akhtar – Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Theology and Religions at University of Oxford
- Ash Amin – Head of Geography at Cambridge University[3]
- Ali Ansari – university professor at the University of St Andrews[4]
- Khizar Humayun Ansari – academic who was awarded an OBE in 2002 for his work in the field of race and ethnic relations.[5]
- Sarah Ansari – professor of history at Royal Holloway, University of London[6][7]
- Tipu Zahed Aziz – professor of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford; lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford and Imperial College London medical school[8]
- Reza Banakar – professor of socio-legal studies at the University of Westminster, London
- Quassim Cassam – Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick[9]
- Abbas Edalat – university professor at Imperial College London[10]
- Mohammed Ghanbari – professor at the University of Essex[11]
- Joel Hayward – New Zealand-born British scholar of early Islamic history, especially the biography of Muhammad
- Delwar Hussain – writer, anthropologist and correspondent for The Guardian. In 2013, his first book Boundaries Undermined: The Ruins of Progress on the Bangladesh-India Border was published.[12]
- Dilwar Hussain – research fellow at The Islamic Foundation in Leicester; co-authored the 2004 book British Muslims Between Assimilation and Segregation; is on the Home Office's committee tackling radicalisation and extremism[13]
- Musharraf Hussain – scientist, educator and religious scholar, the Chief executive of the Karimia Institute Nottingham. Awarded an OBE by Her Majesty the Queen in 2008 for his services to community relations.
- Saiful Islam – Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Bath and a recipient of the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit award.[14]
- Naila Kabeer – Social economist, research fellow and writer. She works primarily on poverty, gender and social policy issues. Her research interests include gender, poverty, social exclusion, labour markets and livelihoods, social protection, focussed on South and South East Asia.[15][16]
- Amir Kassam – visiting professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at the University of Reading[17]
- Syma Khalid - biophysicist who is a professor of Computational Biophysics in Chemistry at the University of Southampton.[18]
- Mushtaq Khan – Heterodox economist and Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies. His work focuses on the economics of poor countries, including contributions to the field of institutional economics and South Asian development.[19]
- Yasmin Khan – historian of British India and associate professor of history at The University of Oxford[20][21]
- Ehsan Masood – science writer, journalist and broadcaster; editor of Research Fortnight and Research Europe;[22] teaches International Science Policy at Imperial College London[23]
- Muhammad Haroon (Alfred Neville May)
- Azra Meadows OBE – honorary lecturer in the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences at The University of Glasgow[24]
- Ali Mobasheri – associate professor and reader at University of Surrey
- Tariq Modood – Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Bristol
- Kalbe Razi Naqvi – British Pakistani physicist, who has been ordinarily resident in Norway since 1977, working as a professor of biophysics in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology[25]
- Mohammad Hashem Pesaran – academic, economist, professor of economics at Cambridge University, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge[26]
- Nazneen Rahman – geneticist who specialises in cancer and heads up the Cancer Genetics Clinical Unit at the Royal Marsden. Her research has seen success in identifying genes that cause cancer particularly in women and children.[27]
- Ziauddin Sardar – scholar, writer and cultural critic[28]
- Ghulam Sarwar – Director of the Muslim Educational Trust;[29] writer on Islam in English, wrote the first English textbook, Islam: Beliefs and Teachings, for madrasah students in Britain, which is used worldwide in religious education classes, especially in British schools[30]
- Salman Sayyid – Professor of Social Theory and Decolonial Thought at the University of Leeds[31]
- Ghayasuddin Siddiqui – academic and political activist[32]
- Jawed Siddiqi – professor emeritus of software engineering at Sheffield Hallam University and political activist[33]
- Mona Siddiqui – University of Edinburgh Professor of Islamic Studies a Public Understanding; regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, The Times, Scotsman, The Guardian, and The Herald[34]
- Azim Surani – developmental biologist who has been Marshall–Walton Professor at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge since 1992, and Director of Germline and Epigenomics Research since 2013.[35][36]
- Saeed Vaseghi – professor at Brunel University[37]
- Sheikh Jawad Hussain - Senior Lecturer (Law & Politics) Studied at Kingston University, Lawyer/ Freelance Journalist/ Author/ Storyteller.
Business and finance
- Abdul Latif – restaurateur known for his dish "Curry Hell". He died in 2008.[38]
- Adam Kamani – CEO of Kamani Property Group and KM Capital as well as a co-founder of PrettyLittleThing.[39][40]
- Afzal Kahn – Bradford-based entrepreneur; owns a specialist car design company; broke records in 2008 for paying £440,000 for a distinctive "F1" number plate;[41] previously showed an interest in purchasing Newcastle football club[42]
- Ali Parsa – former chief executive officer of private healthcare partnership Circle[43]
- Alireza Sagharchi – principal at Stanhope Gate Architecture[44]
- Amar Latif – Scottish entrepreneur, television personality and professional traveller[45]
- Aneel Mussarat – property millionaire; his company, MCR Property Group, rents apartments to university students in Manchester and Liverpool[46]
- Sir Anwar Pervez – Pakistan-born billionaire businessman; 6th richest Asian in Great Britain and the richest Muslim; founder of the Bestway Group[47]
- Asif Aziz – London-based billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist.[48]
- Asim Siddiqui – chairman and a founding trustee of The City Circle[49]
- Atique Choudhury – restaurateur;[50] his restaurant Yum Yum won Best Thai Restaurant in London at the 2012 Asian Curry Awards[51]
- Bajloor Rashid MBE – businessman and former president of the Bangladesh Caterers Association[52][53]
- Enam Ali MBE – restaurateur; founder of the British Curry Awards and Spice Business Magazine[54]
- Farad Azima – industrialist, inventor and philanthropist[55]
- Farhad Moshiri – energy investor; part owner of Arsenal F.C.[56]
- Farshid Moussavi – founder of Foreign Office Architects[57]
- Firoz Kassam – owned Oxford United F.C. from 1999 to 2006,[58] and was named the 309th wealthiest person in the UK in the Sunday Times Rich List 2009 with an estimated fortune of £180 million.[59]
- Gulam Noon, Baron Noon – founder of Noon products, manufacturing chilled and frozen ready meals[60]
- Husna Ahmad – Bangladeshi-born British humanitarian; chief executive officer of the Faith Regen Foundation; sits on the advisory board to the East London Mosque;[61][62] previously sat on the Department for Work and Pensions' Ethnic Minority Advisory Group[63]
- Iqbal Ahmed OBE – entrepreneur, chairman and chief executive of Seamark Group'; made his fortune in shrimp; the highest British Bangladeshi to feature on the Sunday Times Rich List (placed at number 511 in 2006)[64]
- Iqbal Wahhab OBE – entrepreneur, restaurateur, journalist, publisher; founder of Tandoori Magazine and multi-award-winning restaurant Cinnamon Club[65]
- Kaveh Alamouti – head of Global Macro Citadel LLC; chief executive officer of Citadel Asset Management Europe[66]
- Mahmud Kamani – billionaire businessman, the co-founder of and joint CEO of Boohoo.com.[67]
- Mahmoud Khayami, KSS – industrialist; founder of Iran Khodro[68]
- Mo Chaudry – born in Pakistan, he was raised in England and went on to become a millionaire businessman in the West Midlands
- Mohammad Ajman 'Tommy Miah' – internationally renowned celebrity chef, award-winning restaurateur,[69][70] founder and promoter of the Indian Chef of the Year Competition[71]
- Mohammad Zahoor – Ukraine-based British-Pakistani billionaire businessman and philanthropist.[72]
- Mohsin Issa – billionaire, businessman and founder of Euro Garages, a chain of petrol filling stations that operate in the United Kingdom and Europe.[73]
- Moorad Choudhry – managing director, Head of Business Treasury, Global Banking & Markets at Royal Bank of Scotland plc[74]
- Mumtaz Khan Akbar – founder and owner of the Mumtaz brand[75][unreliable source?]
- Muquim Ahmed – entrepreneur; became the first Bangladeshi millionaire at the age of 26,[76] due to diversification in banking, travel, a chain of restaurants with the Cafe Naz group, publishing and property development[77]
- Mustafa Suleyman – entrepreneur, activist and, most notably, the co-founder and Head of Applied AI at DeepMind,[78] an artificial intelligence company acquired by Alphabet.[79]
- Naguib Kheraj – vice-chairman of Barclays Bank;[80] former boss of JP Morgan Cazenove[81] Chairman of the Aga Khan Foundation based in Karachi
- Nasser Golzari – principal at Golzari (NG) Architects[82]
- Leepu Nizamuddin Awlia – car engineer and coachbuilder who converts rusty old cars into imitation supercars in a workshop on Discovery Channel reality television programme Bangla Bangers/Chop Shop: London Garage[83]
- Mohammed Ibrahim Khan – Serial Entrepreneur and a Fintech evangelist
- Ragib Ali – industrialist, pioneer tea-planter, educationalist, philanthropist, and banker[84]
- Ruzwana Bashir – British businesswoman, founder and CEO of Peek.com, travel company based in San Francisco, California[85]
- Shelim Hussain MBE – entrepreneur, founder and managing director of Euro Foods (UK) Limited[86]
- Siraj Ali – restaurateur and philanthropist;[87] recipient of the 2011 British Bangladeshi Who's Who "Outstanding Contribution" Award[88]
- Sultan Choudhury – businessman; managing director of the Islamic Bank of Britain[89]
- Syed Ahmed – entrepreneur, businessman, and television personality; candidate on BBC reality television programme The Apprentice series two in 2006[90]
- Tahir Mohsan – founder of Time Computers, Supanet, Tpad; manages several investment companies from his base in Dubai[91]
- Tarak Ramzan – founder and CEO of the Quiz womenswear retail chain.[92]
- Wali Tasar Uddin MBE – entrepreneur, restaurateur, community leader, and chairman of the Bangladesh-British Chamber of Commerce[93][94]
- Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan OBE – managing director and Country Head of BOC Bangladesh Limited, one of the first British companies to invest in Bangladesh in the 1950s to produce and supply industrial and medical gases[95]
- Zuber Issa – billionaire, businessman and founder of Euro Garages, a chain of petrol filling stations that operate in the United Kingdom and Europe.[73]
Entertainment
- Aasif Mandvi – British-American actor and comedian[96]
- Abdullah Afzal – actor and stand-up comedian[97]
- Abid Khan - Director [98][99]
- Adil Ray – actor, writer and broadcaster. Creator of BBC One sitcom Citizen Khan.
- Adnan Sami – singer, musician, pianist,[100][101] actor and composer[102][103]
- Afshan Azad – actress best known for playing the role of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter film series[104]
- Ahmad Hussain – singer-songwriter, executive, Record producer and founder and managing director of IQRA Promotions[105]
- Ahmed Salim – award-winning British producer, known for 1001 Inventions[106]
- Akram Khan MBE – dancer and choreographer;[107] named Outstanding Newcomer 2000, Best Modern Choreography 2002, and Outstanding Male or Female Artist (Modern) 2005 at the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards[108]
- Alyy Khan – film and television actor and host[109]
- Ali Shahalom – comedian who hosts the comedy YouTube channel Aliofficial1[110]
- Annie Khalid – English-Pakistani musician and model[111]
- Aqib Khan – actor; played Sajid Khan in the movie West is West[112]
- Art Malik – Pakistani-born British actor who achieved fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and Merchant-Ivory television serials and films[113]
- Asif Kapadia – British filmmaker[114]
- Aziz Ibrahim – musician best known for his work as guitarist with Simply Red, The Stone Roses (post-John Squire)[115]
- Babar Ahmed – British/American writer/director of Pashtun and Pakistani descent; according to the BBC[116]
- Babar Bhatti – actor; played Punkah Wallah Rumzan in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
- Badi Uzzaman – television and film actor[117]
- Boyan Uddin Chowdhury – former lead guitarist of rock band The Zutons[118]
- Chunkz – British YouTube personality, host, entertainer and former musician
- Dino Shafeek – actor and comedian who starred in several sitcoms during the 1970s and early 1980s; played Char Wallah Muhammed in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Ali Nadim in Mind Your Language[citation needed]
- Guz Khan – comedian and actor[119]
- Hannan Majid – documentary filmmaker whose films have been exhibited at international film festivals including Emirates, Cambridge, Durban, and Leeds[120]
- Jamil Dehlavi – London-based independent film director and producer of Pakistani-French origin.[121]
- Farook Shamsher – alternative dub/dance music DJ and record producer; received the Commitment to Scene award at the UK Asian Music Awards 2006[122]
- Hadi Khorsandi – comedian[123]
- Hajaz Akram – British Pakistani actor[citation needed]
- Humza Arshad – actor and comedian; producer of the YouTube series Diary of a Badman[124][125][126]
- Ian Iqbal Rashid – poet, screenwriter and film director, known for the series This Life and Leaving Normal (TV series), and the feature films Touch of Pink and How She Move[citation needed]
- Idris Rahman – clarinettist [citation needed]
- Jan Uddin – actor best known for his roles as Jalil Iqbal in BBC soap opera EastEnders and Sweet Boy in the film Shank[127]
- Jay Shareef – award-winning stand-up comedian,[128][129] broadcaster[130] and journalist.[131][132][133]
- Jeff Mirza – stand-up comedian and actor[134]
- Kaniz Ali – makeup artist and freelance beauty columnist;[135] named Best Make-Up Artist at the 2011International Asian Fashion Awards[136]
- Kayvan Novak – actor; star of Fonejacker[137]
- Kishon Khan – pianist and bandleader of Lokkhi Terra
- Lucy Rahman – singer[138]
- Mani Liaqat – Manchester-based British Asian actor and comedian, known for his bizarre rants, portly figure, witty voice and mixture of Punjabi/Urdu/Hindi and British everyday-humour[139]
- Munsur Ali – film producer, screenwriter and director; in 2014, he wrote, directed and produced Shongram, a romantic drama set during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War;[140] first time a British film was simultaneously written, produced and directed by a British Bangladeshi[141]
- Mazhar Munir – television and film actor; before co-starring in the 2005 movie Syriana, he appeared in three British television shows: The Bill, Mile High, and Doctors
- Menhaj Huda – film and television director, producer and screenwriter; directed and produced Kidulthood in 2006[142]
- Mina Anwar – British actress; played Police Constable Maggie Habib in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line[143]
- Mo Ali – Somali-British film director[144]
- Muhammad Mumith Ahmed (Mumzy Stranger) – R&B and hip-hop singer, songwriter; first musician of Bangladeshi descent to release a single, "One More Dance";[145] namedBest Urban Act at the UK Asian Music Awards 2011[146]
- Murtz – television and radio presenter[citation needed]
- Nabil Abdul Rashid – comedian of Nigerian descent
- Nadine Shah – singer, songwriter and musician[147]
- Nadia Manzoor - writer, performer, and producer based in Brooklyn, New York.[148]
- Natasha Khan – known by her stage name as "Bat for Lashes"; half Pakistani half English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist[citation needed]
- Naz Ikramullah – British-Canadian artist and film producer of Pakistani origin[149]
- Nazeel Azami – Nasheed singer-songwriter signed to Awakening Records[150]
- Nazrin Choudhury – screenwriter; actress in drama serials;[151] her critically acclaimed radio play "Mixed Blood"[152] won the Richard Imison Award 2006
- Prince Abdi – Somali-born British stand-up comedian[citation needed]
- Rani Taj – dhol player dubbed as "Dhol Queen" after her YouTube video went viral[153]
- Riz Ahmed – actor who played Omar in the movie Four Lions and Changez in The Reluctant Fundamentalist
- Rowshanara Moni – singer and actress[154]
- Ruhul Amin – film director; has made 13 films for the BBC and Channel 4; most of his works are documentaries and experimental dramas[155]
- Runa Islam – film and photography visual artist, nominated for the Turner Prize 2008[156][157]
- Sadia Azmat – stand-up comedian[158]
- Sanchita Islam – artist, writer and filmmaker;[159] in 1999, she founded Pigment Explosion, which has branched out into projects including film, painting, drawing, writing and photography[160]
- Sadik Ahmed – film director, cinematographer, and writer;[161] wrote and directed international award-winning short film Tanju Miah, which was the first Bangladeshi film in the Toronto, Sundance, and Amsterdam film festivals in 2007[162]
- Saifullah 'Sam' Zaman – DJ and producer associated with the Asian Underground movement, recording as "State of Bengal"[163]
- Sakina Samo – award-winning actress, producer and director[164]
- Sami Yusuf – musician[165]
- Selma Chalabi – radio producer and journalist for BBC Wales. She was born in the United Kingdom to an Iraqi father and English mother, and was raised in Winchester.[166][167]
- Shabana Bakhsh – actress who has appeared in soaps such as River City and Doctors[168]
- Shahid Khan – known as "Naughty Boy"; British-born Pakistani songwriter, record producer and musician[169]
- Shahin Badar – singer and songwriter, best known for vocals on The Prodigy's single "Smack My Bitch Up", which earned her a Double Platinum award[170]
- Shefali Chowdhury – actress best known for playing the role of Parvati Patil in the Harry Potter film series[171]
- Shazia Mirza – comedian from Birmingham, England, whose act revolves around her Muslim faith[172]
- Shehzad Afzal – writer, director, producer and game designer born in Dundee, Scotland[173]
- Sophiya Haque – actress, singer and video jockey;[174][175] played Poppy Morales in Coronation Street, 2008–2009.
- Suleman Mirza – lead dancer of Signature, runner-up on Britain's Got Talent 2008[citation needed]
- Suzana Ansar – singer, actress and television presenter based in the UK and Bangladesh; released her debut band album Suzana Ansar with Khansar in 2009[176]
- Tan France – fashion designer, television personality, and author.[177] He is currently the fashion expert for the Netflix series Queer Eye.[178]
- Tez Ilyas – stand-up comedian of Pakistani descent[179]
- Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens[180]
- Zahra Ahmadi – actress [citation needed]
Journalism and media
- Sheikh Abdul Qayum – chief imam of the East London Mosque; former lecturer at the international International Islamic University Malaysia; television presenter on Peace TV Bangla and Channel S[181]
- A. N. M. Serajur Rahman – journalist, broadcaster, and Bangladeshi nationalist[182]
- Aasmah Mir – BBC presenter and former columnist for the Sunday Herald[183]
- Abdul Gaffar Choudhury – writer, journalist, and columnist for Bengali newspapers of Bangladesh; best known for his lyric "Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano", which has become the main song commemorating the Language Movement
- Adil Ray – British radio and television presenter, for BBC Asian Network[184]
- Adnan Nawaz – news and sports presenter for the BBC World Service[185]
- Ajmal Masroor – television presenter, politician, imam,[186] and UK Parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow constituency representing Liberal Democrats in the 2010 general election;[187] television presenter on political and Islamic programmes on Islam Channel and Channel S[188]
- Ali Abbasi – former Scottish TV presenter[189]
- Anila Baig – columnist at The Sun[190]
- Arif Ali – regional product director for the Associated Press news agency in Europe, Middle East and Africa[191]
- Asad Ahmad – BBC journalist and news presenter[192]
- Asad Qureshi – filmmaker who was kidnapped on 26 March 2010 by a militant group called the "Asian Tigers" in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas[193]
- Azad Ali – IT worker and civil servant for the HM Treasury; Islamic Forum of Europe spokesman; founding chair of the Muslim Safety Forum; vice-chair of Unite Against Fascism[194]
- Azeem Rafiq – English cricketer[195]
- Faisal Islam – economics editor and correspondent for Channel 4 News; named 2006 "Young Journalist of the Year" at the Royal Society of Television awards[196]
- Fareena Alam – editor of British Muslim magazine Q News;[197] named Media Professional of the Year by Islamic Relief in 2005 and at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2006[198]
- Faris Kermani – film director based in the UK, now head of production company based in London, Crescent Films[199]
- Hassan Ghani – Scottish[200][201] broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, based in London
- Javed Malik – television anchor; publisher of the UAE's first diplomatic magazine, The International Diplomat; executive director of the World Forum; served as Pakistan's Ambassador at Large and Special Advisor to The Prime Minister; close friend of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan
- Kamran Abbasi – doctor, medical editor, and cricket writer; editor of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine; acting editor of the British Medical Journal; editor of the bulletin of the World Health Organization[202]
- Kanak 'Konnie' Huq – television presenter, best known for being the longest-serving female Blue Peter presenter[203][204]
- Lisa Aziz – news presenter and journalist, best known as the co-presenter of the Bristol-based ITV West Country nightly weekday news programme The West Country Tonight;[205] one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television;[206] won the Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy Best Television News Journalist Award[207][208]
- Mazher Mahmood (also known as the "Fake Sheikh") – often dubbed as "Britain's most notorious undercover reporter"; in a GQ survey was voted as the 45th most powerful man in Britain;[209] the News of the World paid his six-figure salary, plus an editorial and technical support budget[210]
- Mehdi Hasan – senior politics editor at the New Statesman and a former news and current affairs editor at Channel 4[211]
- Miqdaad Versi – assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, media commentator, and advocate for accurate reporting on Muslims.[212][213]
- Mishal Husain – anchor for BBC World[214]
- Muhammad Abdul Bari – Chairman of the East London Mosque; Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, 2006–2010
- Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed – environment writer for The Guardian,[215] t[216]
- Nazenin Ansari – journalist, former correspondent for Voice of America's Persian News Network; Iranian analyst for BBC Radio 4, CNN International, Sky News and Aljazeera
- Nazia Mogra – television journalist for BBC North West Tonight news on BBC One[217]
- Nima Nourizadeh – film director[citation needed]
- Nina Hossain – journalist, newscaster, and sole presenter of ITV London's regional news programme London Tonight[218]
- Nurul Islam – broadcast journalist, radio producer, and presenter best remembered for his work with the BBC World Service[219]
- Osama Saeed – Head of International and Media Relations at the Al Jazeera Media Network[220]
- Rageh Omaar – Somali-born British journalist and writer
- Reham Khan – journalist and anchor currently working at Dawn News[221]
- Rizwan Khan – works for Al Jazeera English; has his own show called Riz Khan
- Sadeq Saba – journalist, head of BBC Persian service[222]
- Saima Mohsin – British journalist[223]
- Saira Khan – runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice, and now a TV presenter on BBC's Temper Your Temper and Desi DNA[224]
- Sarfraz Manzoor – British writer, journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster; writes regularly for The Guardian; presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4[225]
- Secunder Kermani - journalist who is Foreign Correspondent for Channel 4 News. He was previously a reporter on the BBC's flagship current affairs programme Newsnight.[226]
- Shaista Aziz – journalist, writer, stand-up comedian, and former international aid worker[227]
- Shamim Chowdhury – television and print journalist for Al Jazeera English[228]
- Shereen Nanjiani – radio journalist with BBC Radio Scotland[229]
- Syed Neaz Ahmad – academic, writer, journalist, columnist and critic; best known for anchoring NTV Europe current affairs talk show Talking Point[230]
- Tasmin Lucia-Khan – journalist, presenter and producer;[231] delivered BBC Three's nightly hourly World News bulletins on in 60 Seconds;[232] presented E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News;[233] presents news on the ITV breakfast television programme Daybreak[234]
- Tazeen Ahmad – British television and radio presenter and reporter[235]
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown – journalist and author born in Uganda; regular columnist for The Independent and the Evening Standard[236]
- Yvonne Ridley – journalist and Respect Party activist[237]
- Zarqa Nawaz – freelance writer, journalist, broadcaster, and filmmaker[238]
- Sheikh Jawad Hussain - Senior Lecturer (Law & Politics) Studied at Kingston University, Freelance Journalist/ Author/ Storyteller.
- Unzela Khan, British Pakistani journalist.
Law and justice
Judges
- Tan Ikram – appointed as a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2003[239]
- Akhlaq Choudhury – British High Court judge of England and Wales
Queen's Counsels
- Karim Asad Ahmad Khan QC – barrister at Temple Garden Chambers, London, chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court[240][241]
- Khawar Qureshi QC - barrister and international lawyer.[242]
Other
- Aamer Anwar – Glaswegian solicitor; named as Criminal Lawyer of the Year by the Law Awards of Scotland in 2005 and 2006[243]
- Amal Clooney – London-based Lebanese-British lawyer, activist, and author
- M. A. Muid Khan – barrister who was selected as the Best Human Rights Lawyer of England and Wales for 2012 by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives; in September 2012, he was ranked as third in the top five Chartered Legal Executive Lawyers of England and Wales by the Law Society[244]
- Mumtaz Hussain – solicitor and radio presenter; since 2010, she has presented Health and Healing with Mumtaz on RedShift Radio[245]
- Nazir Afzal OBE – Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England;[246] one of his first decisions in that role was to initiate prosecutions in the case of the Rochdale sex trafficking gang
- Talha Ahmad – British barrister and human rights activist. Treasurer of the Muslim council of Britiain from 2016-2018.
Literature and art
- Aamer Hussein – short story writer and critic.[247]
- Abdur Rouf Choudhury – Bengali diaspora writer and philosopher; numerous literary awards from Bangladesh including the Granthomela award and life membership from Bangla Academy[248]
- Diriye Osman – Somali-British writer and visual artist[249]
- Mohammed Mahbub "Ed" Husain – author of The Islamist, an account of his experience for five years with the Hizb ut-Tahrir[250]
- Emran Mian – author and policy advisor at Whitehall[251]
- Ghulam Murshid – author, scholar and journalist; numerous literary awards from India and Bangladesh, including the Bangla Academy award[252]
- Idris Khan – artist based in London[253]
- Imtiaz Dharker – poet and documentary filmmaker[254]
- Kaniz Ali – makeup artist and freelance beauty columnist;[135] won the "Best Make-Up Artist" category at the 2011 International Asian Fashion Awards[136]
- Kia Abdullah – novelist and journalist; contributes to The Guardian newspaper[255] and has written two novels
- Mohsin Hamid – Pakistani writer; novels Moth Smoke (2000), The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013)[256]
- Monica Ali – author of Brick Lane, a novel based on a Bangladeshi woman
- Moniza Alvi – poet and writer[257]
- Nadeem Aslam – novelist[258]
- Nadifa Mohamed – Somali-British novelist[259]
- Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed – author, lecturer, political scientist specialising in interdisciplinary security studies[260]
- Nasser Azam – contemporary artist, living and working in London[261]
- Omar Mansoor – London-based fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear[262]
- Qaisra Shahraz – novelist, journalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a director of Gatehouse Books[263]
- Rasheed Araeen – London-based conceptual artist, sculptor, painter, writer, and curator[264]
- Razia Iqbal – arts correspondent for the BBC; born in East Africa, of Muslim Punjabi origin[265]
- Rekha Waheed – writer and novelist best known as the author of The A-Z Guide To Arranged Marriage[266]
- Rezia Wahid MBE – award-winning textile artist whose work has been exhibited both in the UK and abroad[267]
- Rizvan Rahman[268]
- Roopa Farooki – novelist[269]
- Ruby Hammer MBE – fashion and beauty makeup artist;[270] founder of Ruby & Millie cosmetics bran[271]
- Runa Islam – film and photography visual artist, nominated for the Turner Prize 2008[156][157]
- Rupa Huq – senior lecturer in sociology at Kingston University, writer, columnist, Labour Party politician, music DJ and former Deputy Mayoress of the London Borough of Ealing[272]
- S. F. Said – children's author[273]
- Sanchita Islam – visual media artist
- Shahida Rahman – award-winning author of Lascar, writer and publisher[274]
- Shamim Azad – bilingual poet, storyteller and writer[275]
- Shamshad Khan – Manchester-based poet born in Leeds; editor of anthology of black women's poetry; advised the Arts Council of England North West on literature[276][277]
- Shezad Dawood – artist based in London[278]
- Suhayl Saadi – literary and erotic novelist and radio/stage playwright[citation needed]
- Tahmima Anam – author of A Golden Age, the "Best First Book" winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize[279]
- Vaseem Khan - writer, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency novels[280]
- Zarina Bhimji – Ugandan Asian photographer, based in London. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2007[281]
- Ziauddin Sardar – scholar, writer and cultural critic[28]
Military and police
- Ali Dizaei – senior police officer.[282]
- Jabron Hashmi – soldier who was killed in action in Sangin, Afghanistan on 1 July 2006[283]
- Amjad Hussain – senior Royal Navy officer. He is the highest-ranking member of the British Armed Forces from an ethnic minority[284]
- Muhammed Akbar Khan – served as a British recruit in the First World War and an officer in Second World War; first Muslim to become a general in the British Army[285]
- Tarique Ghaffur – high-ranking British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service; Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations[286]
Policy
- Abul Fateh – diplomat and statesman;[287][288] first Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh after independence in 1971
- Anwar Choudhury – British High Commissioner for Bangladesh, 2004–2008; first non-white British person to be appointed in a senior diplomatic post; Director of International Institutions at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office[289]
- Asif Ahmad – British diplomat who served as the British Ambassador to Thailand from November 2010 until August 2012;[290] since July 2013, he has been British Ambassador to the Philippines[291]
- Mockbul Ali OBE- British diplomat and the current British Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti.[292]
- Nahid Majid OBE – civil servant, chief operating officer of Regeneration Investment Organisation and deputy director within the Department for Work and Pensions[293] the most senior British Bangladeshi Muslim woman in the civil service
- Saleemul Huq – scientist and Senior Fellow in the Climate Change Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development; recipient of the 2007 Burtoni Award for his work on climate change adaptation[294]
- Talyn Rahman-Figueroa – director of diplomatic consultancy Grassroot Diplomat.[295]
Politics
Members of Parliament
- Afzal Khan – Labour MP for Manchester Gorton[296] solicitor and former Labour MEP for North West region; first Asian Lord Mayor of Manchester; currently Manchester City Council's Executive Member for Children's Services
- Anas Sarwar – Scottish Labour Party Leader and former Labour MP for Glasgow Central
- Anum Qaisar-Javed – Scottish National Party MP for Airdrie and Shotts[297]
- Apsana Begum – Labour Party MP for Poplar and Limehouse since 2019
- Faisal Rashid – former Labour MP for Warrington South, elected in 2017.[298] Mayor of Warrington in 2016.[299]
- Feryal Clark – Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Enfield North since the 2019 United Kingdom general election
- Imran Ahmad Khan – Former Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Wakefield[300]
- Imran Hussain – Labour MP for Bradford East
- Khalid Mahmood – Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr[301]
- Mohammad Sarwar – former Labour MP for Glasgow Central;[302] first British Muslim and Pakistani origin MP
- Mohammad Yasin – Labour MP for Bedford, elected in 2017.[303]
- Naz Shah – Labour MP for the constituency of Bradford West[304]
- Nus Ghani – Conservative MP for Wealden
- Rehman Chishti – Conservative MP for Gillingham and Rainham
- Rosena Allin-Khan – Labour MP for Tooting[305]
- Rupa Huq – Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton constituency
- Rushanara Ali – Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow Labour Party constituency; first person of Bangladeshi origin elected to the House of Commons;[306] one of the first three Muslim women elected as a member of parliament[307]
- Sadiq Khan – Mayor of London, former Labour MP for Tooting and former Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor[308]
- Saqib Bhatti – Conservative MP for Meriden, first elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election.[309]
- Shahid Malik – former Labour MP for Dewsbury; Minister for International Development in Gordon Brown's government[310]
- Shabana Mahmood – Labour MP For Birmingham Ladywood
- Tahir Ali – Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green.[311]
- Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh – former SNP MP for Ochil and South Perthshire
- Tulip Siddiq – Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn constituency
- Yasmin Qureshi – Labour MP for Bolton South East
- Zarah Sultana – Labour Party MP for Coventry South[312][313]
Peers
- Aamer Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz – former Conservative party treasurer[314]
- Adam Hafejee, Lord Patel of Blackburn[315]
- Amirali Alibhai, Lord Bhatia – life peer[316]
- Arminka Helic, Baroness Helic – Bosnian-born British Special Adviser (SPAD) and Chief of Staff to the Former British Foreign Secretary William Hague[317]
- Zameer Choudrey, Lord Choudrey CBE – Conservative life peer, businessman
- Gulam Khaderbhoy, Lord Noon MBE – life peer, businessman and Chancellor of the University of East London
- Haleh, Baroness Afshar – Professor in Politics and Women's Studies at the University of York, England
- Khalid, Lord Hameed – Chairman of Alpha Hospital Group; chairman and chief executive officer of the London International Hospital
- Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine – lead Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords[318]
- Meral, Baroness Hussein-Ece – Liberal Democrat life peeress
- Mohamed Iltaf, Lord Sheikh – Chairman of Conservative Muslim Forum
- Nazir, Lord Ahmed – Crossbench life peer, formerly Labour[319] now retired.[320]
- Nemat Shafik, Baroness Shafik – served as the director of the London School of Economics since September 2017.[321][322]
- Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik – Conservative Baroness of Mearns in the County of Renfrewshire; former Chairman of CBI Scotland[323]
- Manzila Pola, Baroness Uddin – Labour Party life peer, community activist, and first Muslim and Asian to sit in the House of Lords[324]
- Qurban, Lord Hussain – Liberal Democrat life peer[325]
- Sayeeda Hussain, Baroness Warsi – lawyer and British politician for the Conservative Party and a former member of the Cabinet[326]
- Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir OBE - Crossbench life peer[327]
- Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan – Liberal Democrat and Baroness of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton and of Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth[328]
- Syed Salah Kamall, Baron Kamall – Professor of Politics and International Relations at St Mary's University, Twickenham and the Academic & Research Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a classical liberal think tank in London.[329]
- Waheed, Lord Alli – Labour life peer
- Wajid Khan, Baron Khan – Labour Baron of Burnley[330]
- Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor – Liberal Democrat Baroness; former Legal Services Ombudsman; former Deputy Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality[331]
Members of Scottish Parliament
- Anas Sarwar – Leader of the Scottish Labour party and Labour MSP for the Glasgow region[332]
- Bashir Ahmad – former SNP MSP[333]
- Foysol Choudhury - Labour MSP for Lothian[334][335]
- Hanzala Malik – Labour MSP for Glasgow
- Humza Yousaf – SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow and First Minister of Scotland[336]
- Kaukab Stewart, SNP MSP for Glasgow Kelvin.[337]
Members of the Senedd
- Altaf Hussain – former regional Assembly Member in the National Assembly for Wales from 2015 to 2016[338]
- Mohammad Asghar – Welsh politician, representing the Welsh Conservative Party[339]
- Natasha Asghar - Welsh politician, representing the Welsh Conservatives. First female ethnic minority member elected to the Senedd[340]
Members of the London Assembly
- Hina Bokhari - Liberal Democrat AM[341][342]
- Marina Ahmad - Labour AM[343]
- Murad Qureshi – Former Labour Greater London Assembly Member[344]
- Sakina Sheikh - Labour AM[345]
Mayors
- Chauhdry Abdul Rashid – former Lord Mayor of Birmingham[346]
- Lutfur Rahman – Cllr, community activist, local Independent politician; became the first directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2010; first Bangladeshi leader of the council[347]
- Mohammed Ajeeb – former Lord Mayor of Bradford; first Asian (Pakistani) Lord Mayor in the UK[348]
- Rokhsana Fiaz – Labour Party politician serving as Mayor of Newham[349]
- Sadiq Khan – elected Mayor of London in May 2016
Other
- Amjad Bashir – former Conservative MEP for Yorkshire and Humber; former UKIP Small & Medium Business spokesman
- Bashir Khanbhai – former Conservative MEP for East of England
- Benyamin Habib – Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London since 2019.[350][351][352]
- Sajjad Karim former MEP – born in Brierfield, Lancashire; qualified as a solicitor before being elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2007; Conservative Legal Affairs Spokesman; sits on the Industry, Research and Energy Committee
- Magid Magid – Green Party MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber.[353]
- Shaffaq Mohammed – Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Yorkshire and the Humber since 2019.[351]
- Mushtaq Ahmad – Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. He was the first Asian to serve as Provost of a Scottish council[354]
- Shahnaz Ali – British Muslim woman known for her leadership role in equality, inclusion and human rights in the National Health Service and local government in England[355]
- Bashir Maan – Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman and writer[356]
- Munira Mirza – was the Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture of London. Born in Oldham.[357][358]
- Cllr Nasim Ali – Labour Party politician, councillor in Regent's Park, Cabinet Member for Young People in Camden Council and former Mayor of Camden; in May 2003, at age 34, he became the country's youngest mayor as well as the UK's first Bangladeshi and first Muslim mayor[359]
- Rabina Khan, Cllr – Labour Party politician, councillor in Shadwell, cabinet member for housing in Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, community worker and author of Ayesha's Rainbow[360]
- Salma Yaqoob – former leader of the left-wing Respect Party and a Birmingham City Councillor[361]
- Syeda Amina Khatun MBE – Labour Party councillor for Tipton Green in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council; first Bangladeshi woman to be elected in the Midlands region, in 1999[362]
Religion
- Abdul Qayum – Chief Imam of East London Mosque, television presenter for Peace TV Bangla and Channel S, and former lecturer at International Islamic University Malaysia.[181]
- Aga Khan IV – 9th and current Imam and Aga Khan of Nizari Ismailism, a denomination of Isma'ilism within Shia Islam with an estimated 10–15 million adherents (10—12% of the world's Shia Muslim population).[363][364]
- Daud Abdullah – current Deputy Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain
- Maajid Nawaz – former member of the Islamic political group Hizb ut-Tahrir, now the co-founder and executive director of Quilliam, the world's first counter-extremism think tank
- Mohammad Naseem – former GP and the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust[365]
- Musharraf Hussain – scientist, educator and religious scholar in Nottinghamshire[366]
- Saleem Sidwai – accountant and Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Wales[367]
- Vilayat Inayat Khan – eldest son of Sufi Murshid Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International[368]
- Zara Mohammed – first Woman Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain.
Science and medicine
- Asim Shahmalak – hair transplant surgeon and broadcaster, and proponent of such surgery; in 2009, he performed the UK's first eyelash transplant[369]
- Haroon Ahmed – British Pakistani scientist in the fields of microelectronics and electrical engineering[1]
- Hasnat Khan – heart and lung surgeon who was romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales[370]
- Mayur Lakhani – doctor who works as a general practitioner. He was Chairman of The National Council for Palliative Care 2008–2015.[371]
- Nadia Bukhari – pharmacist and youngest female Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society; an honour bestowed to those who have achieved excellence and distinction in their pharmacy career.[372]
- Qanta Ahmed – physician specializing in sleep disorders. She is also an author and a newspaper columnist[373]
- Rozina Ali – microvascular reconstructive plastic surgeon and consultant with a specialist interest in breast reconstruction; television presenter[374]
- Sheraz Daya – ophthalmologist and eye surgeon, best known for his founding of the Centre for Sight in 1996 and use of stem-cell research during sight recovery surgery[375][376]
- Tipu Zahed Aziz – Professor of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford; lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford and Imperial College London medical school[8]
- Alimuddin Zumla – Director of infectious diseases, University College Hospital, London
Sport
Boxing
- Adam Azim - professional boxer[377]
- Adil Anwar – British light-welterweight boxer and multiple title winner[378]
- Adnan Amar – British light-middleweight boxer, multiple title winner[379]
- Amer Khan – former undefeated light-heavyweight boxer, Central Area championship winner
- Amir Khan – British light-welterweight Boxer, 2004 Olympics silver medalist, and former world champion
- Hamzah Sheeraz – British light-middleweight boxer, WBO European title champion[380]
- Haroon Khan – super-flyweight boxer and commonwealth bronze medalist[381]
- Jawaid Khaliq, MBE – first British Asian to win a world title belt[382]
- Muhammad Ali – Olympic boxer
- Nadeem Siddique – former British welterweight boxer, multiple title winner[383]
- Naseem Hamed – former WBO, WBC, IBF, and Lineal featherweight champion, and European bantamweight champion[384]
- Qais Ashfaq – amateur boxer from Leeds and Commonwealth silver medallist[385]
- Tanveer Ahmed – former lightweight boxer, WBO Inter-Continental champion[citation needed]
- Ukashir Farooq – British bantamweight boxer, former British bantamweight title winner[386]
- Usman Ahmed – super flyweight boxer[citation needed]
Cricket
- Aamer Khan – Pakistani-born former English cricketer[387]
- Aamir Farooque – former Pakistani-born English cricketer[388]
- Adil Rashid – English cricketer who plays for Yorkshire and England Under-19s[389]
- Ajaz Akhtar – former Pakistani people-born English cricketer[390]
- Ajmal Shahzad – cricketer who plays for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and represents England in all three formats of the game[391]
- Akbar Ansari – English first-class and List A cricketer who played his First-class games for Cambridge University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence,[392] and List A cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club[393]
- Alamgir Sheriyar – cricketer whoplays for Leicestershire[394]
- Amjad Khan – cricketer for England International and the youngest to play for the Danish national team[395]
- Aquib Afzaal – left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break[396]
- Asim Butt – Scottish and Pakistani cricketer who was primarily a left-arm medium fast bowler[397]
- Bilal Shafayat – cricketer[398]
- Hamza Riazuddin – English cricketer, right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Hampshire
- Imraan Mohammad – English cricketer, right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break[399]
- Imran Arif – Pakistani-born English cricketer; fast-medium bowler; plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club[400]
- Imran Jamshed – former Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace[401]
- Jahid Ahmed – cricketer who played country cricket for Essex as a right-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler[402]
- Kabir Ali – English cricketer, who formerly played for Worcestershire[403]
- Kadeer Ali – cricketer playing for Worcestershire; related to Kabir Ali[404][405]
- Kamran Afzaal – Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman[406]
- Majid Haq – Scottish cricket player
- Maneer Mirza – English cricketer; right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman who played for Worcestershire[407]
- Moeen Ali – English cricketer; right arm off break bowler and left-handed batsman currently playing for Worcestershire[408]
- Mohammad Akhtar – Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break[409]
- Moneeb Iqbal – Scottish cricketer; right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler[410]
- Nadeem Malik – English cricketer; right-arm fast-medium seam bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman[411]
- Nadeem Shahid – former English first-class cricketer who played for Essex and Surrey
- Naheem Sajjad – Pakistani-born English cricketer, a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm fast-medium[412]
- Naqaash Tahir – English cricketer; right-arm fast-medium bowler who has played for Lancashire and Warwickshire[413]
- Nasser Hussain – former captain of England cricket team
- Omer Hussain – left-handed batsman; cousin of fellow Scottish international cricketer Majid Haq[414]
- Owais Shah – cricketer who plays for Middlesex and has appeared for England in a number of One Day Internationals and two Test matches[415]
- Qasim Sheikh – Scottish cricketer; has represented Scotland on more than 20 occasions[416]
- Rashid Shafayat – former English cricketer[417]
- Rawait Khan – former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire, Derbyshire CB, and Pakistan Customs in a four-year first-class career which saw him bowl mostly in Second XI Championship matches
- Rehan Alikhan – English-born former cricketer of Pakistani descent; right-handed batsman and off-break bowler[418]
- Sajid Mahmood – Punjabi origin cricketer who plays international cricket for England and county cricket for Lancashire[419]
- Saleem Mohammed – former English cricketer; right-handed batsman[420]
- Shaftab Khalid – English cricketer; right-arm off-spinner who also bats right-handed[421]
- Shammi Iqbal – English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace[422]
- Usman Afzaal – cricketer who has played three Test matches for England[423]
- Waqar Mohammad – former Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowled leg break[424]
- Wasim Khan MBE – first British-born Pakistani to play professional cricket in England; a talented left-handed batsman who also bowled right-arm medium pace[425]
- Zafar Ansari – English cricketer who plays for Cambridge University and Surrey County Cricket Club[426]
- Zoheb Sharif – left-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler[427]
Football
- Abbas Farid – freestyle footballer from Newport, South Wales;[428][429] named the "Freestyle King" on MTV in UK's Nike Freestyle competition
- Adam Docker – footballer, playing for Porthmadog F.C.[430]
- Adil Nabi – footballer who plays as a forward for West Bromwich Albion[431]
- Adnan Ahmed – footballer, playing for Tranmere Rovers[432]
- Amjad Iqbal – footballer, playing for Farsley Celtic F.C.[433]
- Anwar Uddin – professional footballer who plays as a defender; after joining Dagenham and Redbridge he became first British Asian to captain a side in the top four divisions;[434] plays for Sutton United[435]
- Atif Bashir – footballer with a British Pakistani father and a Turkish mother[436]
- Easah Suliman – footballer currently playing for Aston Villa. Suliman has represented England at youth level; first player of Asian heritage to captain an England representative side, having done so at Under-16, Under-17 and Under-19 levels.[437]
- Iltaf Ahmed – British Pakistani footballer who was the number one goalkeeper of Pakistan national football team[438]
- Hamza Choudhury – British footballer of Bangladeshi and Afro-Caribbean origin
- Kashif Siddiqi – English-born Pakistani footballer[439]
- Omar Kader – Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arbroath[440]
- Otis Khan – footballer who plays as a midfielder for Matlock Town on loan FROM Sheffield United[441]
- Rachid Harkouk, Footballer of Algerian origin
- Reis Ashraf – English-born Pakistani international footballer who plays for Buckingham Town in the United Counties League Division One[442][443]
- Shabir Khan – English-Pakistani international footballer who plays for Worcester City, having progressed through their youth system[444]
- Shahed Ahmed – former professional footballer who played as a striker for Wycombe Wanderers[445] He plays for Sporting Bengal United.[446]
- Tahmina Begum – football referee and PE assistant; in 2010, she became the first qualified female referee of Bangladeshi descent in the UK[447][448]
- Usman Gondal – retired British-born Pakistani international footballer; retired in 2007
- Zeeshan Rehman – football defender for Queens Park Rangers F.C.; first Pakistani and British Asian to play in the Premiership with Fulham F.C.[449][450]
- Zidane Iqbal - professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester United U23[451][452]
Martial arts
- Qasim Beg – undefeated kickboxing champion, two-time world champion[citation needed]
- Imran Khan – two-time World Muay Thai champion[citation needed]
- Kamal Shalorus – professional UFC fighter[453]
- Lutalo Muhammad – Taekwondo athlete
- Nisar Smiler – two-time karate world champion and 50-time gold medallist
- Ruqsana Begum – Muay Thai kickboxer; in 2010, became the current British female Atomweight (48–50 kg) Muay Thai boxing champion; in September 2012, she was nominated as captain of the British Muay Thai Team[454]
- Ali Jacko – world champion kickboxer from east London[citation needed]
- Riaz Amin – Britain's youngest WEKAF (World Eskrima/Kali/Arnis Federation) world champion; practises Shotokan Karate and Filipino martial arts
Other
- Aadel Kardooni – former Leicester Tigers and England A rugby player[455]
- Abdi Jama – wheelchair basketball player, selected to play for Team GB in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
- Adam Khan – racing driver from Bridlington, Yorkshire; represents Pakistan in the A1 Grand Prix series; demonstration driver for the Renault F1 racing team[456]
- Adam Gemili – sprinter of Iranian and Moroccan heritage[citation needed]
- Aamir Ghaffar – English badminton player[457]
- Bulbul Hussain – wheelchair rugby player; plays mostly in a defensive role for Kent Crusaders and the Great Britain paralympic team; in 2008 and 2012, he played for Great Britain at the Paralympic Games[458]
- Enaam Ahmed – British F3 racing driver, series' youngest-ever champion at 17 years old[459]
- Gaz Choudhry – wheelchair basketball player who was selected to play for Paralympics GB in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London[460]
- Hiddy Jahan – squash player who was ranked among the top-6 players in the world from 1970 through to 1986[461]
- Ikram Butt – former professional rugby league footballer; first south Asian to play either code of international rugby for England, in 1995; founder of the British Asian Rugby Association and the British Pakistani rugby league team[462]
- Imran Majid – professional British pool player[463]
- Imran Sherwani – former English field hockey player; was capped 45 times for Great Britain and 49 times for England[464]
- Kamran Panjavi – weightlifter at the 2004 Summer Olympics[405]
- Mo Farah – runner and twice Olympic gold medallist
- Mukhtar Mohammed – Somali-born British middle-distance athlete specialising in the 800 metres[465]
- Shokat Ali – English snooker player of Pakistani descent; represents Pakistan in international tournaments
- Hammad Miah – British snooker player[citation needed]
- Zubair Hoque – British single-seat racecar driver[citation needed]
Other
- Amal Azzudin – Scottish human rights activist
- Basil Al Bayati – architect, designer and writer; leading proponent of the school of Metaphoric Architecture
- Asif Ahmad – British diplomat, serving as the British Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines
- Dr Humayra Abedin – National Health Service doctor of medicine who became a cause célèbre after her parents tried to force her into marriage and held her captive until freed by court order in 2008[466][467]
- Hussain Bisad – one of the tallest men in the world, at 2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[468]
- Robina Qureshi – Scottish human rights campaigner[469]
- Ruhal Ahmed – former Guantanamo Bay detainee depicted in the film The Road to Guantanamo[470][471]
- Saiman Miah – architecture student who designed the £5 coins for the 2012 London Summer Olympics[472][473]
- Sahil Saeed – boy kidnapped in Pakistan in 2010; released unharmed after the payment of a ransom[474]
- Shabina Begum – was involved in the leading House of Lords case UKHL 15 R (Begum) v Governors of Denbigh High School (2006)[475] on the legal regulation of religious symbols and dress under the Human Rights Act 1998
See also
- Islam in the United Kingdom
- Islam in England
- Islam in Northern Ireland
- Islam in Scotland
- Islam in Wales
- Religion in the United Kingdom
- List of American Muslims
- List of Canadian Muslims
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